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The Blog of Rosie
The WeekendBy Rosie | June 6, 2016Hi! I’m on vacation here in London… and it’s fantastic! On Saturday I was in the British Museum for three hours. On Sunday I visited Tower Bridge. Where were you over the weekend Tell me your news!
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Sophia·9:30Glad you’re having a great vacation. I was in the Summer Palace in Beijing on Saturday. I was there for a flower show. It was amazing! And there were lots of people. But on Sunday it was rainy and I wasn’t very well. I stayed in bed for a whole day.● Replay ● Share
Steve·10:10It was cloudy the whole weekend in Paris. On Saturday I was at a football game with my classmates. It was exciting! On Sunday I was at the shops with Ann for four hours.● Replay ● Share
Jack·11:00I wasn’t at home over the weekend. On Saturday I was in Scotland for a trip. It was a lovely, warm day and I had a picnic with friends. It was great! Sunday was boring. It took me five hours to get back home. It was a long journey.● Replay ● Share
Kate·11:20On Saturday I was at Heathrow Airport. I met a friend there and we talked together for two hours. I was very happy. On Saturday I was in Sydney for a concert. It is winter in Australia. And it was windy and cold!● Replay ● Share
（ ）1. On Saturday Sophia was .
A. in the Summer Palace B. in the British Museum
C. at Tower Bridge D. at Heathrow Airport
（ ）2. What was the weather like when Steve was in Paris 21教育网
A. Rainy. B. Warm. C. Cloudy. D. Cold.
（ ）3. How long did it take Jack to get back home 21·cn·jy·com
A. Two hours B. Three hours C. Four hours D. Five hours
（ ）4. Kate was in Sydney for .
A. a picnic B. a concert C. a football game D. a flower show
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From Nobody to Somebody
Brian was a funny student. He loved watching comedies（喜剧） best and hoped to become a comedy actor one day.www.21-cn-jy.com
When he heard about the talent show to be held at this school, Brian decided to take part in. He had never acted on stage（舞台） before, and he was very excited. But some students laughed at him. “You are not funny but silly,” Ken, one of his classmates, said to his face. “No one will like what you do,” another boy also said to him, loudly.
Brian couldn’t understand why they were so unkind to him. For a moment, he thought about giving up the show. But he remembered how much his friends liked his jokes, and also his teachers said he was very funny. So he decided to prepare for the show.
Brian did a great job at the talent show. Everyone loved his performance, and he won the first prize! His teachers and friends were proud of him. Even so, Ken told Brian that he was not funny, and that he would never be successful. Brian didn’t understand why Ken said so, but he realized that it had nothing to do with him. He confidently continued to work towards his goal.2·1·c·n·j·y
As the years went on, Brian met more people like Ken. “you’ll do a terrible job,” they said to him. Luckily, most people encouraged him and some helped him to become even funnier. He got a lot of opportunities to perform in movies. He was even invited to appear on television. His fans thanked him because his comedies made them feel good when they were unhappy.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
Now Brian is a big comedy star! He is doing what he loves best. He never feels stressed like those unkind people, and he laughs all day long!21·世纪*教育网
（ ）5. What did Brian love best when he was a student www-2-1-cnjy-com
A. Going to school. B. Helping classmates.
C. Watching comedies. D. Meeting new friends.
（ ）6. Brian decided to prepare for the show because .2-1-c-n-j-y
A. his friends liked his jokes B. he was invited by a TV station
C. he wasn’t busy acting in movies D. Ken was expecting his performance
（ ）7. After winning the first prize, Brian .21*cnjy*com
A. began to understand Ken B. became a teacher of acting
C. encouraged others to join him D. continued to work towards his goal
（ ）8. Brian’s fans thanked him because his comedies brought them .
A. success B. happiness C. luck D. pride
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Are You Right Handed or Left Handed
Which hand do you use when write About 8 to 15 percent of people are left handed. They often have to use tools that are designed for right-handed people. So it is difficult for left-handers to use most tools. If you are right handed, try this experiment: Take a knife with your left hand and try cutting a potato into pieces. Don’t be surprised if you feel awkward（别扭的）.【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
In the past, people thought it was strange to use the left hand. Young students looked down upon their left-handed classmates. Some children were even punished for using their left hand to write. But these days parents and teachers have accepted that. In almost every school in the world, left-handed students can use their left hand to write.
What causes people to be left handed or right handed Experts have searched long and hard on this. They conclude（得出结论） that left-handed people are left handed for the same reason that right-handed people are right handed. One out of every ten people just is a left-handed people are right handed. One out of every ten people just is a left-hander. It’s simply like the color of our eyes – some people have brown eyes, while some others have black eyes.【出处：21教育名师】
However, may researchers think that left-handers and right-handers are different in some aspects. Right-handers are more talkative and outgoing than left-handers. Many right-handed people understand spoken words better. For example, after they listen to directions to a supermarket, they can find it easily. Right-handers are good at organizing people, too. They are also better basketball guards. Just ask Yao Ming.21教育名师原创作品
Research shows that left-handers are creative and artistic. Many famous performers, like Jim Carrey and Paul McCartney, are left handed. Many left-handers learn better visually（在视觉方面）. In art, both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were left handed. In music, Ludwig van Beethoven was left handed. In science, you find Newton and Einstein. The left-handed people are also really good at tennis and other single sports.
If you prefer one hand, but you are still good at writing with the other, you are mixed. Research shows mixed-handers can remember everyday things better than other people. What did you eat for lunch two weeks ago If you’re mixed handed, you can probably remember.21*cnjy*com
（ ）9. If right-handers cut up potatoes with there left hand, they will .
A. get hurt B. give up cutting
C. feel awkward D. change their tools
（ ）10. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about
A. Causes of being left handed. B. Encouragement to left-handers
C. Punishment for using the left hand. D. Changes in opinions on left-handers.
（ ）11. According to the passage, right-handers .
A. learn better visually B. are good organizers
C. are better at single sports D. give clear directions to others
（ ）12. From the passage, we can learn that left-handers .
A. may be more talkative and outgoing
B. are ordinary people like right-handers
C. might remember everyday things better
D. no longer need to use right-handed tools
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Should Children Be Allowed to Get Bored
Children need time to stand and stare. They should be allowed to get bored to that they can develop their ability to be creative.
Children are expected by their parents to be reading a textbook all the time. However, research shows that it may hamper the development of their imagination, while boredom can give them opportunities to develop creativity.
Boredom is often linked with loneliness, but a writer named Meera Syal said boredom had helped here in developing her mind. She told researchers about her childhood. Having few things to do, Syal often talked with her neighbors. She also tried to do things like learning to bake cakes. “But importantly, I Thought and wrote a lot, because I was bored,” Syal said. She kept a diary, filling here time with short stories and poems she made up.
Grayson Perry, an artist, grew up in a family with little money. He enjoyed himself by making up stories, drawing pictures for his stories and reading many books in the library. Bored but free, he spent hours looking out of the window, watching the changing clouds and seasons. Perry filled up his free time with what he liked. He became creative, because he could think freely.
Dr. Belton is an expert on the effects of emotions on learning. “Boredom could be an uncomfortable feeling,” she said. “But some young people cannot deal with that boredom creatively. So sometimes they may break a classroom window, or drive a car out for a mad race.”
Usually, when children have nothing to do, they would turn on the TV, the computer, or the phone. Their time on these things has increased, yet they need to have time to think about their experiences through play or just watching the world around them.
It is this kind of thinking that can inspire the imagination. On the other hand, the TV or phone may cut short the thinking process. That can be harmful to the development of creativity. “For developing the ability to be creative,” Dr. Belton advised, “perhaps we need to stand and stare, and stay off-line from time to time.”
（ ）13. What does the word “hamper” in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A. Slow down. B. Keep up with. C. Go beyond. D. Give rise to.
（ ）14. The writer talks about Syal and Perry to .
A. stress the great differences between them
B. introduce a popular writer and a famous artist
C. suggest good ways of going through boredom
D. show effects of boredom on developing creativity
（ ）15. What can we learn from the passage
A. Boredom provides children with space to think freely.
B. It’s much better for children to be busy than be bored.
C. Boredom helps children deal with difficulties properly.
D. It’s boring for children to think about their experiences.
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Rob Frenette had problems with bullies(欺辱) at school for eleven years. He was often lonely and scared. When he was fifteen, however, he decided to do something about his problems. He walked into a newspaper office and told them about the bullying. His story went into the newspaper and soon all the TV stations in Canada wanted to talk to him about his experiences. They also wanted to hear his ideas to stop bullying.
After that, Rob continued his studies at school, but in his free time he helped other people with bullying problems. With a friend Katie Neu, he made a website called 21世纪教育网 bullyingcanada. ca. Visitors to the website can find advice, stories and poems about bullying, in both English and French. When people are upset, they can talk on the phone or online to Rob and his team. Every weekend Rob has to answer e-mails to the website. He also speaks to children, teachers and members of government around the country about bullying.
Rob’s most important message is: “When bullies are unkind to you, it isn’t your fault. There’s nothing wrong with you, so you should try to keep trusting yourself. And remember that people care about your problems. You just have to find those people.”
One of Rob’s ideas is “Blue Day”, a special day for stopping bullying in schools. Students have to wear blue clothes and in class they learn how to stop bullying. More than 150 Canadian schools now celebrate Blue Day, but Rob won’t stop until there’s a Blue Day in every school in Canada.
（ ）16.How did Rob often feel at school before he was fifteen
A. Relaxed. B. Unhappy. C. Shocked. D. Tired.
（ ）17.We can learn from this passage that Rob suffered from bullying since he was ______.
A. four. B. seven C. eleven D. fifteen
（ ）18.21世纪教育网 bullyingcanada. ca is a website where people can ______.
A. learn how to write poems B. get advice about bullying problems
C. get blue clothes for free D. practice both English and French
（ ）19.The underlined part “those people” in Paragraph 3 means _____.
A. people who always bullied others before
B. people who help others with bullying problems
C. people who are members of the government
D. people who write e-mails about their problems
（ ）20.What was the correct order in which these events happened
a. Rob and his friend made a website. b. Rob was bullied at school.
c. Rob created “Blue Day”. d. Rob told his story in public.
A. b-d-a-c B. a-b-c-d C. b-a-d-c D. c-b-a-d
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Below are several posters about community matters for people:
QIGONG· Improve your health· Relax your body and mind· Exercise gentlyClasses open to Beginners The art of Qigong started in China, thousands of years ago. 10 per classSaturday & Sunday afternoonsTel: 7564349 Watercolorat Harbor HouseA fun place to learnhow to use watercolors!For adults only 8 per classIf you are 50 or over,it’s FREE!Mondays: 6:30pm-8:00pmThursdays:8:00am-10:00amTel: 8743236 WEAWomen-only English classesWe hold weekly-Englishclasses for newcomersfrom other countries!· Mondays 10:30am-12:30am· Wednesdays 6:30pm-8:30pmFriendly and relaxed,all our classes are free!(Tel:9203346)
Drop-In Social Clubat Cornerstone Community CenterTuesdays 7:00pm-9:15pm in the cafe (top floor)Fridays 3:00pm-5:00pm in the Green RoomProvides a warm welcome and safe place to· meet new people· practise and get help with speaking English· do drawing and sports activitiesTel: 9652313Children are welcome to come with parents!It’s free! The Community Sings!Tuesdays 7:30am-9:00amWeekly drop-in singing classstarts here Tues, 23rd Jan-Weds, 27th March 6 per classLearn about breading and vocal skills.Enjoy singing folk music and traditionalsongs in a friendly environment.Beginners are also welcome!Tel: 8908809
（ ）21.Which of the following says that parents could take their children along
A. Qigong. B. Watercolor.
C. Drop- In Social Club. D. The Community Sings.
（ ）22.If an officer worker needs to improve his health at weekends, he should call _____.【版权所有：21教育】
A. 7564349 B. 8743236
C. 9652313 D. 8908809
（ ）23.Who fits WEA best
A. One who enjoys working with others and making new friends.
B. One who has a strong wish to be an English teacher in the future.
C. One who has recently arrived and hopes to improve her English.
D. One who is good at his spoken English and tries to help others.
（ ）24.What can a beginner learn in The Community Sings
A. How to take a deep breath. B. How to protect the environment.
C. How to write a song. D. How to improve singing skills.
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You need some bread and milk. But half an hour later, you leave the supermarket with a trolley(手推车) full of food. What games do supermarkets play to make us spend so much money
The tricks usually start before you walk in. Outside the supermarket entrance, anybody who walks past can smell warm, fresh bread. That makes us hungry and ready to buy lots of food, not just bread.
Now you’re inside and, of course, a small basket would be fine, but all they have are trolleys. And of course the problem with a trolley is that it looks sad and lonely with just one or two products inside. So we may fill it with something. In fact, supermarket trolleys are actually getting bigger so that we buy more.
Of course, many people shop in supermarkets because they think everything is cheaper than in other shops. So supermarkets offer very cheap prices on some things but then have higher prices for other products. One new trick is to put red stickers on products. Customers usually connect red stickers with lower prices so the red stickers is easy to be noticed, even when there is no reduction! Interestingly, this trick appears to work more with men than with women.
There is a story behind the position of everything in the supermarket. For example, customers often go only to buy milk. So they put it right at the back, forcing you to go past hundreds of shelves full of other products. The position of products on each shelf is also important. The most expensive products are usually at eye-level so you see these immediately. The exception is anything that children might like. These products are on lower shelves so that kids see them.
Apart from what you see and smell in a supermarket, what about what you listen to In most supermarkets they have soft, slow music. It’s so relaxing that you slow down and spend more time (and money) in the store. You also move more slowly when the supermarket is busy. Experts suggest it’s better to shop when it’s quieter, on a Monday or a Tuesday for example. And be careful with queues at the checkouts. These are sometimes deliberate(故意), to make you buy something from the checkout shelves while you wait.
So, next time you go into your local supermarket, remember these tricks and see if you can come with just the things you went for.
（ ）25.Smells from bread in the supermarket ______.
A. make you feel hungry and buy more food
B. draw your attention to bread only
C. make you buy less bread than you need
D. force you to leave the supermarket
（ ）26.Supermarkets don’t provide baskets because ______.
A. supermarkets don’t usually have many
B. baskets are too small to hold many products
C. it’s easy to go shopping with trolleys
D. a trolley can hold one or two products inside
（ ）27According to the passage, supermarkets put red stickers on products to ______.
A. make them look more beautiful
B. make them different from cheaper ones
C. make people think the stickers are for men
D. make people think they could save money
（ ）28According to the passage, toys for children are usually placed ______.
A. on higher shelves B. on each shelf
C. on lower shelves D. on the back shelves
（ ）29.It can be learned from Paragraph 6 that supermarkets usually ______.
A. stop people lining up at the checkouts B. close on Monday morning
C. play loud and noisy music inside D. make customers feel relaxed
（ ）30.The passage is mainly about _____.
A. several ways supermarkets use to sell more products
B. some advice when people go shopping on the street
C. several rules that every business should follow
D. some advertisements that make people buy more
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Passage 1 The Shenzhen Railway Station and the Shenzhen East Railway Station will add six temporary (临时的）trains between Friday and Monday during the coming festival. The Shenzhen Railway Station will add train K6604 and K6606 to Guiyang， K6512 to Shantung, K6552 to Yongzhou and K9088 to Zhangjiajie. The Shenzhen East Railway Station will add K6532 to Nanxiong in Guangdong Province.
Passage 2 The 2016 Shenzhen Fashion Week began at OCT Bay in Nanshan District last Friday. Over 100 brands and designers (设计师）from more than 10 countries put on over 60 fashion shows during the week. A number of well-known designers attended Fashion Week. The event will end tomorrow.
Passage 3 Shenzhen became No.7 in traffic jams among Chinese cities, according to a quarterly report made by and Tsinghua University. Jinan City in Shandong Province passed Beijing for the second time to become the most congested(拥堵 的）Chinese city. Beijing, Hangzhou, Harbin and Chongqing were among the top five.
Passage 4 Zhang Yuetoiig, a 12-year-old girl from Shenzhen, won the Guangxi leg (赛区) of the National Rock-climbing Competition, which was held on Tuesday. She is the youngest winner in the history of the rock-climbing competition. She started training at the age of 4.
（ ）31. According to Passage 1，how many temporary trains will the Shenzhen Railway Station add
A. 1 21世纪教育网 B. 5 C.6 D. 7
（ ）32. From the report in Passage 3, we know that _______ became No. 1 in traffic jams.
A. Beijing B. Shenzhen C. Jinan D. Hangzhou
（ ）33. Which of the following statements is TRUE
A. The Shenzhen Railway Station will add Train K6512 to Yueyang.
B. There were more than 100 fashion shows during the fashion week.
C. You seldom get caught in a traffic jam in Shenzhen.
D. Zhang Yuetong has been trained to do rock-climbing for 8 years.
（ ）34. The four short passages probably come from_______.
A. tales B. newspapers C. storybook D. novels
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In the summer between my first year and second year in college, I was invited to be an instructor (辅导员）at a high school camp. On the first day, when we were dancing and playing games, I noticed a boy under the tree who was small and thin. His shyness made him appear weak. I walked towards him, introduced myself and invited him to join in the activities and meet some new people. He quietly replied, "No, I really don't want to do this." I could understand that he was in a new world but I knew it wouldn't be right to force him, either. Actually, the boy didn't need a close talk but a friend.21cnjy.com
At lunch the next day, I was leading camp songs when 1 saw the boy under the tree sitting alone. I tried again with the same invitation, but he refused once again. That evening I was told the boy's name was Tommy. Then I asked the campers to pay special attention to the boy and spend time with him when they could.
The days went by and the time came when we had to leave. We held a big, warm parly to celebrate the closing of the camp. All the campers shared their wonderful moments. To my surprise. 1 found the boy from under the tree dancing joyfully with two girls. I couldn't believe it was the same person.
In October of my second year, I received a phone call from Tommy's mother. She told me that Tommy was hit by a car and killed. I offered my deep sadness. The mother said: “'Tommy mentioned you so many times. I want you to know that he went back to school and made new friends with confidence. You made a difference for Tommy during his last months.”
At that moment, I realized how easy it was to give a bit of yourself every day. You may never know how much each gesture may mean to someone else. I hope that everyone can pay attention to their own “boy under the tree”.
（ ）35. Before the writer came to the high school summer camp，he was a (n) _______.
A. instructor B. camper C. student D. reporter
（ ）36. How many times did the writer invite the boy to join in the activities
A. Once B. Twice C. Three times D. Many times
（ ）37. Which is the correct order about the story
①The boy danced joyfully with two girls.
②The boy went back to school and made new friends.
③The boy refused to join in the activities.
④The boy's mother made a phone call to the writer.
A. ①②③④ B.②③①④ C.③①②④ D.④③②①
（ ）38.From Paragraph 4，we can infer (推断）that Tommy's mother was very _______to the writer.21世纪教育网版权所有
A. thankful B. helpful C. faithful D. harmful
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Students at a primary school in Fuzhou, Hast China's Fujian Province were required to clean the school toilets to help them develop good habits. But some parents are strongly against the idea. They can't see the advantages of students doing such chores (杂亊). They think that the school should provide students with a proper education, not the chance to be school cleaners.
In fact, parents, schools and society play an equally (同等地）important role in developing the character of students. It is good for schools to give students such tasks，because few of the students will do them at home. Their parents want them to do homework only.
In recent years, some parents will make mountains out of molehills when students are asked to do some chores in schools. Some complain about the teachers if their kids get hurt in schools; some even challenge the schools' teaching methods and management. As a result, many primary schools, especially those in big cities, do not let students join in outdoor activities during breaks, fearing that they might get hurt. This is bad for the development of students' best qualities.
What the primary school in Fuzhou is doing is worth praising. Doing chores can put a sense of responsibility into students' minds and teach them the spirit of rules as well as teamwork. Also, it can make students' in-school experiences more meaningful.
（ ）39. A primary school in Fuzhou required the students to_______.
A. do homework only B. finish homework at school
C. clean the playground D. clean the school toilets
（ ）40. Some parents think that the school should provide students with_______.
A. a proper education B. a chance to be cleaners
C. a chance to be teachers D. more housework
（ ）41. The underlined phrase "make mountains out of molehills" means
A.愚公移山 B.山穷水尽 C.小题大做 D.眉飞色舞
（ ）42. What is the main idea of the passage
A. Students shouldn't do any chores in school.
B. Parents require students to do some chores in school.
C. Some parents think doing some chores is harmful to students.
D. Doing some chores can develop students' good qualities.
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In the UK. Saturday evenings have always been a popular time for families to watch television together. One of the most popular programme genres is the talent show, partly because people of all ages are interested in it.
Early shows, like Opportunity Knocks (1965-1978), required people to vote (投栗）for their favorite acts and performers, although in those days voting was done by postcard instead of by telephone, text, or over the Internet. Today, the success of television talent shows has reached a new level. Here are Ihe UK's top three TV talent shows:
The X Factor In this wonderful singing competition, performers have to face a celebrity judge panel (名人裁判组）before the public vote. Many excellent singers became popular because of it. The show is now made all over the world, from China to Colombia.
Strictly Come Dancing—The programme is so fantastic that it attracts many celebrities. They team up with professional (专业的）dancers and come to the dance floor to win the title of Strictly Come Dancing Champion.
Britain's Got Talent — In this modern-day version (版本）of Opportunity Knocks, the public can go and choose from many kinds of acts, from dancing dogs to ice skating. The prize is to perform for the Queen in the Royal Variety of Performance.
（ ）43. When did the show Opportunity Knocks begin
A. In 1965. B. In 1978. C. In 2015. D. K is not mentioned.
（ ）44. If a person loves a skating act, he or she may go to_______.
A. Opportunity Knocks B. Strictly Come Dancing
C. The X Factor D. Britain's Got Talent
（ ）41. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A. The winners of Britain's Got Talent can perform for the Queen.
B. If you want your dog to have a performance, you can go to Britain's Got Talent with it.
C. Opportunity Knocks is still on television now.
D. People of all ages enjoy TV talent shows in UK.
（ ）42. The underline word “genres” in the first paragraph means_______.
A. lists B. types C. choices D. expressions
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All over the world the need for more laptops and computers increases each works have been part of our life. Probably everyone with a portable device (移动设备} has once logged on to a public WiFi network without paying for it, while they are having a coffee, on a train, in a shopping mall or at a hotel. However, is this kind of public WiFi network safe
Some networks are better protected than others because encryption (加密）methods are used. Therefore, they are safer than others. But a survey in 2015 showed that more than 950 million records were not protected, including addresses, emails, birth dales, phone numbers, passwords and so on. These open WiFi networks are really not safe, because it is very easy for hackers (黑客） to break into the operating system and get people's private information.
Most smartphones and laptops, by themselves, search and connect to WiFi networks. They usually prefer a network with a connection that has been used before. Hackers' devices are able to record these searches and look like the trusted WiFi networks. When these smartphones and laptops log on to the networks which are not real, hackers can easily steal their private information.
So next time, when we want to use our laptops or our smartphones in public places which offer free WiFi networks，please think it twice or take safe measures before using them.
（ ）43. Why do people like to go log on to a public WiFi network
A. Because it can provide useful information.
B. Because the owner of the network is polite.
C. Because it is free.
D. Because it is safe.
（ ）44. We can learn from the passage that_
A. not all the public WiFi networks are safe
B. none of the public WiFi networks is safe
C. in 2015 more than 950 million records were protected
D. there is no way to protect our private information
（ ）45. Hackers would probably get the following EXCEPT_______ when we connect our laptops or smartphones to a public WiFi network.
A. our birth dates B. our passwords
C. our phone numbers D. our smartphones
（ ）46. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage
A. Don't Use Public WiFi Networks
B. Why the Public WiFi Networks a Possible Danger
C. We Needn't Protect Our Private Information
D. Why Hackers Break into the Operating System13Let me tell you about a young boy who made a model car all on his own. The boy is me, six years ago when I was just 11. The car was small and simple, but in my imagination it was a high-speed racing car, speeding along the race road.It was during the school summer holidays and workmen were building a new driveway and garage(车库) beside our house. It meant to add something new to our home. When I watched the workman, I came up with an idea---I would build a car to drive into the garage in celebration of it. I told my mother and began with my plans. But I couldn't find the right things for making the car, so I gave up and sadly spent several days doing nothing. My mother noticed that I had stopped working and asked me why. I explained and she suggested that maybe I should change my plan to fit the things I had, rather than give up.And that's just what I did. I found small pieces of wood in my father's workshop and made my car from anything that was lying around the house. When I found a small engine(发动机) from one of my old model planes, I added that. The power came from a battery(电池) I found in a box.By the time the garage was finished, so was my car. I called my family together outside the house, started the engine and put the car on the driveway. It was fast, and I had to run to the garage to prevent it from hitting the new door. My family began to cheer and I smiled proudly. Thanks to my mother I learned the value of continuing to do things, especially something difficult. Soon I was making plans for my next project: a robot!（ ）47. The writer was______ when he made the model car.A. a student B. a driver C. a workman D. an engineer（ ）48. The writer_______ making the first planned car.A. gave up B. felt excited aboutC. was very busy D. spent several days（ ）49. To help the writer, his mother ________. A. explained the plan to him B. brought him to the workshop C. gave him some suggestions D. found him some pieces of wood（ ）50. By the time the car was finished, ______. A. the writer thanked his mother B. the family was called together C. the writer put it into the house D. the family began a new project（ ）51. What did the writer mainly tell us A. Keep on doing things to the end. B Think hard before doing something. C. Always ask for help when in trouble. D. Try the best to find the right things to do.14Welcome to the Art Museum! You’ve just stepped into one of the world's greatest collections of art, covering centuries of human creativity from around the world. With thousands of works on Show, You may wonder how to start your visit, but we are here to help. On the back of this Visitor Guide, you’ll find directions to some must see works in our collection—the “don't miss” list for the Art Museum. It's a great choice to start if you are new to the museum. The following pages include a clear floor plan of the museum and its collections. But because we have several buildings, the overlook(鸟瞰图) below might be helpful. Enjoy your visit and feel free to ask for help and directions at any point during your stay.（ ）52. The passage is a page from________. A. a tour map. B. a newspaper. C. a visitor guide. D. a picture book.（ ）53. What can we see in the “don't miss” list for the Art Museum A. Some free paintings. B. Some must- see works. C. Some new collections. D. Some museum buildings.（ ）54. How many parts does the overlook of the museum include A. Two B. Three. C. Four. D. Five（ ）55. Which part of the museum shows Chinese art A. The “Bridge” B. Rice Building. C. The Modern Wing. D. Mckinlock Court（ ）56. Where can we see the special artworks A. On all floors of Rice Building. B. On the second floor of Rice Building. C. On the first floor of Michigan Avenue Building. D. On the lower floor of Michigan Avenue Building.15In the eyes of many foreigners, Chinese are the best hosts (主人) and the worst guests in the world. They’re not really bad guests, but because the guest-host relationship in China is much different than in some western counties, it appears they are not nice guests. And western guests sometimes look rude (粗鲁的) in the eyes of Chinese guests. In China, guests are almost like gods. Whenever I enter a Chinese person’s home, there is always fruit on the table for me, and someone is quick to bring me a cup of tea or water. In the west, generally the guest is not a god. Acting according to the host’s way of doing things is usual behavior for a guest. My wife’s mother, a very kind elderly Chinese lady, doesn’t smoke. When I see some of her guests smoking in her house, as a non-smoker, I feel unhappy. Usually I want to stop them directly, but I must realize that in China, to be a good host, she must not do that. In most North America homes, if you are a guest, and the hosts are not smokers, you should not smoke in their house. At the very least, you could ask, “Is it OK if I smoke ” “But, don’t be surprised if they say, “No, you can’t smoke.” In our culture, if you smoke in their home, you are a bad guest, but if they don’t allow you to smoke in their house, they are not a rude guest. Guests in China also have special habits. Some western people may not adapt to these habits very soon. Thankfully my wife is Chinese, so whenever we visit a Chinese family she tells me to buy them a gift. However, giving a gift to a host is not always necessary in my country. So, if you invite international guests to your home, don’t be too surprised if they don’t bring you a gift.In China, you probably won't need to change the guest-host relationship very much because you will probably only be the host, and Chinese are naturally very good hosts. If western hosts invite you to their house, try not to be too surprised if their style of treating you is not what you have expected.（ ）57. Many foreigners think that Chinese hosts are the _________in the world. A. best B. worst C. most natural D. most difficult（ ）58. When a western guest visits a Chinese family, he often _________.A. buys some fruit B. feels like a god C. wants some gifts D. takes a cup of tea（ ）59. If the writer’s guests want to smoke in his house, what will he probably say A. It’s OK if you smoke here. B. Let’s smoke together.C. Sorry, you can’t smoke here. D. Smoking is a bad habit.（ ）60. What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “adapt to” in the passage A. think back to B. get used to C. look forward to D. keep close to（ ）61. What is the main idea of this passage A. Foreigners should learn from Chinese. B. Hosts must do things in the guest’s way. C. Western hosts are always nice to guests. D. People should understand cultural differences.16A doctor entered the hospital hurriedly after being called in for an important surgery (外科手术).He found the boy's father in the hall waiting worriedly.On seeing him, the father cried out, "Why did you take all this time to come Don't you know that my son is in danger Don't you have any sense of duty "The doctor smiled and said, "I am sorry. I wasn't in the hospital and I came as fast as I could after receiving the call and now, I wish you'd calm down so that I can do my work.""Calm down ! What if your son was in this room right now Would you calm down If your own son dies while waiting for a doctor, then what will you do " said the father angrily. The doctor smiled again and replied, "We will do our best and you should also pray (祈祷)for your son's healthy life."The surgery took some hours after which the doctor went out happy, "Thank goodness! Your son is saved!" And without waiting for the father's reply he carried on his way running by saying, "If you have any questions, ask the nurse.""Couldn't he wait some minutes so that I can ask about my son's state " shouted the father when seeing the nurse minutes after the doctor left.The nurse answered, tears coming down her face. "His son died yesterday in a road accident. He was at the burial (葬礼) when we called him for your son's surgery. And now that he saved your son's life, he left running to finish his son's burial."根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。( ) 62. What did the doctor do after he received the call for the surgery A. He asked another doctor to do his duty. B. He went to the hospital as soon as possible. C. He discussed the boy's state with the father. D. He waited until his son's burial was finished.( ) 63. The father shouted at the doctor because he thought A. he had waited too long B. no one cared for his son C. the doctor was cold to him D. the surgery took a long time( ) 64. Who told the truth to the father in the end A. The doctor. B. The nurse. C. His son. D. A patient.( ) 65. How might the father feel after he knew the troth A. Angry. B. Excited. C. Sorry. D. Doubtful.( ) 66. What is the best title for the text A. Seeing is believing B. Time waits for no man C. Practice makes perfect D. Think before you decide17Have you ever had trouble sleeping in a new place Lots of people do. And now researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island think they know why. They found that one-half of the brain "remains more awake" than the otherhalf when people are trying to sleep in a new place.The sleep findings were reported in Current Biology by Brown University. In their report, the researchers said many people report they have a harder time sleeping the first night at a hotel or other places outside their home. They call it "first-night influence". "In Japan they say, 'If you change your bed, you can't sleep,'" said Yuka Sasaki, one of the report's writers. "You don't sleep very well in a new place. We all know about it."The researchers measured brain waves (测量脑波) for 35 volunteers over two nights in a laboratory. The two nights were a week apart (间隔). They found during the first night the left half of the brain was more active than the right half. This was during the first deep-sleep period, the researchers said. Sasaki said a lot of questions remain.Researchers did not keep measuring brain waves all night long. So, they don't know if the left half keeps "watch" all night, or whether it "works in shifts (轮换) with the right half later in the night". They also do not know why the brain activity, at least during the first period of deep sleep, is always on the left half.For some, this research may be calming. It is good to know that our brain is "looking out for us" in a new place. But it may not help with sleep. That brain activity, at least according to this new research, makes it harder to get the sleep people need to wake up well rested in the morning.根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。( ) 67. How many times did the researchers measure brain waves for 35 volunteers A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times. D. Four times.( ) 68. The researchers found during the first deep-sleep period. A. the brain waves remained the same B. the brain activity helped with sleep C. the right half of the brain kept "watch" D. the left half of the brain was more active( ) 69. Which of the following is one of the questions that remain A. Whether the new bed keeps you from sleeping. B. How you have trouble sleeping in a new place. C. Why the brain activity is always on the left half. D. What people can do when they can't sleep well.( ) 70. The underlined word "calming" has the closest meaning to" ". A. pleasing B. different C. serious D. strange( ) 71. What is the text mainly about A. What we will have to do to sleep well. B. How researchers measure brain waves. C. Who doesn't sleep well in a new place. D. Why it's harder to sleep in a new place.18（ ）72. How much should we pay for the first skurfing lesson A.$15 B.$30 C.$45 D.$60（ ）73. Where can we learn music according to the ads above A. At Long Beach. B. At Skurfing Lessons.（ ）74. When does the State Theater offer performing arts classes A. 4th -13th July. B. 4th – 23rd August.C. 24th July-2nd August. D. 14th July- 23rd August.19Carlton Joseph is a fashion designer(服装设计师), but not just any fashion designer. He appears on television, he writes books, and he owns his fashion house.Born in 1980, Carlton started designing clothes when he was eleven. His father owned a clothes store, and Carlton used to work there at the weekend. Then he did a design course at college.When he was 21, someone suggested doing a TV program. He made his first show “Carlton’s Clothes” in 2004, and he wrote his first book in the same year. Since then he has written four more. Carlton got married to TV producer Susan Mills in 2005.Three months ago, Carlton started his new company. He called it “Design Carlton”.At work Carlton always wears black trousers and a blank coat, but at home, or when he goes out, he wears clothes with bright colors (red, blue and yellow). He is especially crazy about new glasses, he buys a new pair every few weeks. “I like to look different every day,” he says.Carlton started wearing glasses when he was twelve. He dyed(给……染色) his hair red when he was 18. It is still red, and this year, for the first time, he has grown a beard. “My wife likes it, that’s why” is his explanation. But his beard is black.（ ）75. How old was Carlton when he wrote his first book A. 11 B.21 C. 24 D. 25（ ）76. What does the underlined word “it” refer to A. Carlton’s hair. B. Carlton’s beard.C. Carlton’s coat. D. Carlton’s company.（ ）77. What is the main idea of paragraph 5 A. Carlton likes to look different.B. Carlton is a hardworking person.C. Carlton is crazy about new glasses.D. Carlton loves wearing colorful clothes.（ ）78. Which of the following if true according to the passage A. Carlton is just a common fashion designer.B. Carlton started his new fashion company in 2005.C. Carlton made his first show after he got married to Susan.D. Carlton got some design experience before going to college.20Have you ever wanted to see the Great Wall of China, or win an Oscar for Best Director, or swim with dolphins(海豚) If so, you are not alone. We all have things we want to do or achieve. These are part of our “bucket lists”. A bucket is a list of things that someone wants to experience in his or her lifetimes. These things can be big or small. Have you ever thought about what is on your bucket list Lindsay, 15, created her bucket list when she was 14. She has given her list serious thought. “I’ve always wanted to travel into space,” she says. “I don’t really want to be an astronaut. But I do want to go to space as a tourist. I want to see the Earth from above.” Other things on her list include being on TV, seeing her favorite band in concert, learning how to speak Portuguese(葡萄牙语), and living in a foreign country. “I’ve always wanted to live in Brazil. As part of my bucket list, I want to attend Carnival(狂欢节)in the capital of Brazil,” she says.Jose, 16, recently created a list of things he wants to achieve. It changes sometimes he adds and takes away things because he wants to keep the number of the things at seven. One thing has stayed at number one, though: he wants to visit a movie set(影视基地). He would like to see the Harry Potter of The Hobbit movie sets. Other things on the list include being on TV, meeting his favorite sports star, living in a foreign country, skateboarding down a mountain, attending the World Cup, and backpacking across Europe. He would like to spend two months visiting Eastern Europe with his best friend Adam. “Maybe after I graduate from college,” says Jose.Carrie, 14, also has a bucket list. She first created it when she was 12. She would like to live in a foreign country for at least two years. She also wants to learn as many foreign languages as possible. But the number one thing on her list is to see her favorite band in concert. She also wants to go on a trip and to visit a movie set. Her favorite movies are the Hunger Games and Star Wars. Carrie is confident she will do most or all of the things on her bucket list. “I’m only 14,” she says, “I have my whole life ahead of me!”（ ）79. What is No.1 at Lindsay’s bucket list A. Visiting a movie sat. B. Living in Brazil.C. Traveling to space. D. Seeing her favorite band.（ ）80. Who is probably the most interested in sports according to his or her bucket list A. Lindsay. B. Jose. C. Adam. D. Carrie.（ ）81. What can we learn from the passage A. Lindsay and Carrie both love music.B. Jose and Carrie are both space fans.C. All the three teens wants to visit movie sets.D. Jose and Adam hope to live in a foreign country.（ ）82. What’s the main idea of the passage A. We should keep changing our bucket lists to meet our needs.B. We must think about our bucket lists before they are created.C. Our bucket lists can help us work towards achieving our goals.D. Being confident is a key to our achievement on our bucket lists.21In many countries, tattoos are in fashion (时尚). On TV you can often see a famous actor or musician with a tattoo on his arm or foot. Many sports players have them, too. In the US, tattoos are very popular. Forty percent of Americans aged between 26 and 40 have a tattoo, and 60 percent of customers in US tattoo parlors are women. These people are often professional people like doctor, teachers and lawyers.However, tattoos are not modern. In fact, they are very old in human history. For example, archaeologists (考古学家) found a human in ice from 5,000 years ago. He had 57 tattoos on his back, ankles, legs, knees and feet. Tattoos were used for many different reasons. In ancient Egypt, people got tattoos because they were “beautiful”. But in ancient Rome, tattoos were negative (负面的) and put on criminals and prisoners. In India, tattoos were religious (宗教的).In the 16th and 17th century, European sailors (船员) arrived on the islands of Polynesia. They saw tattoos for the first time. The people on the islands had tattoos on their shoulders, chests, backs and legs. Often the tattoos were of animals or natural features like a river or a mountain. The European sailors liked them and made their own tattoos, so the idea traveled to Europe. Tattoos in Polynesia are still important today. They show information about a person’s history, their island or their job.So is there a connection (联系) between traditional tattoos and fashionable tattoos And can you call tattoos a fashion Chris Rainier is an expert in tattoos and his book Ancient Marks has photos of tattoos from all over the world. He thinks people in modern societies often have tattoos because they are a connection to the traditional world. But tattoos aren’t a fashion like clothes or a haircut because you can’t put them on and take them off again like a jacket or a hat. They are permanent (永久的) and for life.（ ）83. When were tattoos brought to Europe A. 5,000 years ago. B. 60 years ago.C. Until recently. D. In the 16th and 17th century.（ ）84. What does the underlined word “parlors” mean A. School. B. Stores. C. Hospitals. D. Theaters.（ ）85. What’s the writer’s opinion about tattoos A. Tattoos are religious in modern societies.B. Tattoos connect tradition with fashion.C. Tattoos are a fashion among famous people.D. Tattoos show information about a person’s hobby.（ ）86. What would be the best title for the passage A. Tattoos' History. B. Tattoos in Polynesia.C. Tattoos on a Human in Ice. D. Tattoos in Fashion and for Life. 22Our new neighbours are the Browns. They have two children, a boy and a girl. The boy is Jack and the girl is Alice. Jack is 11, and he is one year older than me. Alice and my sister Nancy are 8 years old.At weekends, Nancy and I like to go to play with Alice and Jack. Both Jack and I really enjoy playing computer games. Sometimes the girls join us, but the games they enjoy are different from the ones we like.There is a big park near our house. Sometimes, when the weather is fine, the four of us will go for bike rides there. We often stop at the huge playground to have some fun. Jack and I like to play basketball, but the girls prefer to sing and dance.Our families often have dinner together. On some days, they come over to our house and on other days, we go over to theirs. Mr Brown and his wife cook really well.Nancy and I are very glad to have the Browns next door. It’s great to have friends living so near.（ ）87. Who are the writer’s new neighbours A. A family of three. B. The Browns.C. Jack and Nancy. D. Alice and Nancy.（ ）88. How old is Alice A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11（ ）89. The girls prefer to ______ at the playground in the park.A. listen to music B. play basketballC. sing and dance D. play computer games（ ）90. Where do the two families have dinner together A. At a park nearby. B. At a restaurant.C. In a forest. D. At their houses.（ ）91. The writer thinks it’s ______ to be friends with the new neighbours.A. boring B. great C. difficult D. safe23Do you know that in some parts of the world, people build temporary（暂时的）hotels made of snow and blocks（大块）of ice These are known as ice hotels.Unlike usual hotels, all the rooms in the ice hotels are made of ice. In some ice hotels, even the glasses for drinks are made of ice blocks. So they only serve cold drinks. Also, hot food is not served in the ice hotels, but guests can eat hot food at places nearby.To keep warm, guests sleep in comfortable sleeping bags on ice blocks that are covered by mattresses（床垫）and reindeer skins（驯鹿皮）.There are some places in the ice hotels that are heated, such as the bathrooms. This is because, even though it is not as cold in the ice hotels as it is outdoors（在户外）, indoor temperatures are still very low.Perhaps the most interesting thing about the ice hotels is that they are rebuilt every year. They can be used only during the winter months. The ice hotels melt（融化）away when spring arrives. The ice blocks used to build these hotels are from nearby rivers. So, when the ice hotels melt away, they melt back into the rivers.（ ）92. According to the passage, ice hotels ______.A. are found everywhere B. do business in summerC. are made of glass D. are made of snow and ice（ ）93. Which of the following about the ice hotels is true A. They are just like usual hotels. B. The glasses are made of wood.C. They serve cold drinks. D. The rooms are made of bamboo.（ ）94. You can’t see ______ in the ice hotels.A. hot food B. reindeer skinsC. sleeping bag D. mattresses（ ）95. Why are bathrooms heated in the ice hotels A. Guests want to eat in them. B. Indoor temperature are very low.C. Guests ask the hotels to do that. D. It is as cold indoors as it is outdoors.（ ）96. What happens to the ice hotels in spring A. They melt away. B. They are rebuilt.C. They are repaired. D. They need more ice.24Many people travel to different places in the world by air. Usually it takes a long time, perhaps half a day, for passengers to stay in the plan. So airlines（航空公司）offer passengers food. But it is common that they feel bad about food taste. Do you agree To solve this problem, airlines try hard to improve their food. They would like to do so because they don’t want to lose customers.However, according to scientific research, part of the reason why plane food tastes bad is that at high altitude（海拔）we can not taste things as well as we do on the ground. Also scientists have found that our noses become very dry even before a plane takes off. As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure（气压）reduces one third of the sensibility（感觉）of our taste buds（味蕾）. So our taste buds become senseless. The sad face, however, is that our noses don’t know it.All of these help explain why food on the plane tastes so bad. They also help explain why airlines choose to offer passengers salty and spicy（辛辣的）food. Without doing so, the food would be tasteless.Now there are many researches on this. According to one of them, some volunteers are asked to lie with their feet higher than their heads for weeks. And scientists write down their feelings about food taste.Though scientists try their best, it is not as easy as they thought. Because they can’t deal with the special environment successfully, such as the change in air pressure, making food taste good is still hard for them.（ ）97. In Paragraph 2, “this problem” means ______.A. passengers stay long in the plane B. food on the plane tastes badC. passengers have no food to eat D. food on the plane is expensive（ ）98. What do airlines do to solve this problem A. Get more customers. B. Offer more food.C. Improve their food. D. Reduce the ticket price.（ ）99. As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure reduces of the sensibility of our taste buds. A. half B. one third C. one fourth D. one fifth（ ）100. Why do scientists feel it hard to made food on the plane taste good A. The volunteers don’t know about food taste.B. The volunteers don’t understand them.C. They can’t find enough volunteers.D. They can’t deal with the special environment successfully.（ ）101. What is the best title of the passage A. Taste of Airplane Food B. Airplane TravelC. Scientific Research on Noses D. The Change in Air Pressure 25The human brain weighs about 1.4 kilograms, but it can, hold much more information than most computers. However, there is another difference between humans and puters don't forget information they are given, but humans often do. No one remembers everything, and luckily we don't usually have to. But everyone can improve their memory if they want to. Here are some suggestions.◆Try to use new information immediately. For example, if you meet someone who says "Hi! I'm Carlos," don't just say "Hello." Repeat the person's name. Say"____"◆Break a big number into smaller parts. For example, it's hard to memorize (记忆) 109244153. But if you break it into three parts--109/244/153—it becomes easier.◆Write out what you need to remember ever and over again. This will help you keep it in mind longer, especially for memorizing formulas (公式) or facts.◆Always review information. If you bring what you've learned back to your mind, they become easier to remember. For example, before you go to sleep, it’s a good idea to review the new things you learned that clay.◆Discuss with a friend. It is always easier to remember things through discussions. You can have a discussion about what's right and what's wrong, and it will lead to the right answer.◆Never tell yourself that you have a bad memory. You can always do something to help improve your memory. And everyone's memory gets better if they use it often enough.All of the suggestions are helpful. If you follow them, you are certain to improve your memory.（ ）102. How many suggestions are mentioned in the passage A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.（ ）103. Which should be put in the blank (空格) in Paragraph 2？A. Hello, Carlos. B. How do you do C. Hello, I am Sophia. D. Glad to meet you!（ ）104. What can help memorize a big number more easily according to the passage A. To store it in a computer. B. To break it into stunner parts.C. To discuss it with a friend. D. To review it before you sleep.（ ）105. Which of the following is true according to the passage A. Discussing with friends can help you remember things.B. Always reviewing information can help you fall asleep.C. Formulas and facts can help you learn about your brain.D. Human beings can improve their memory by computer.（ ）106. What does the sentence "Never tell yourself that you have a bad memory” mean A. You should tell others about your bad memory.B. You should believe in other people all the time.C. You should ask others to improve their memory.D. You should ho confident in your memory ability. 26My father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and announced: “Get up, you're going with me to cut the grass in the garden. ” The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and excited. From sunup to sundown, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden. By the end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt good. This was my first time to help my father in his business. I got $ 6 for my work that day. One day my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside. “Take away these leaves! ”he said, “and don't make me have to tell you to do it again.” The message was clear. Today I value(珍视)the importance of doing a job well the first time. It will never fail to impress the person you are working for. After two years, my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old enough to cut the grass by ourselves. Every Saturday during my last two years of high school, we set off early in the morning with the same strong wish we had gained while working under our father. Looking after the garden was neither exciting nor high paying, but that didn't matter. It taught me that any job was a good job and that whatever I was paid was more than I had before. A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay. “If you're only thinking about hard work and money, you probably don't want to do any better than you are doing.” I answered. In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I've learned much. I've learned something that helps me in my next job. If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.（ ）107. The writer felt proud and excited when he was asked to cut the grass because he thought______. A. he could cut the grass himself B. he could make much money C. he could enjoy sunup and sundown D. he could help his family（ ）108. The underlined word "message" in the passage probably refers to_____. A. not leaving leaves behind B. giving no excuse for your mistakes C. doing a good job at the very beginning D. missing things which can be found out（ ）109. When the writer finished high school, maybe he was _____ years old. A. fourteen B. eighteen C. twenty D. twenty-two（ ）110. Which of the following does the writer probably think is the most important A. Keeping learning from any job you had. B. Asking no money for work. C. Finishing work as quickly as possible. D. Keeping looking for different jobs.（ ）111. The writer probably thinks his father is_____.A. lazy B. helpful C. careless D. interesting 27There were smiling children all the way. Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved.
I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I signed and sat down to read my Economics.
It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight. Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave back.
From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.
The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all look beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug. I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.
I looked forward to the return journey.
（ ）112. The author expected the train trip to be ______.
A. adventurous B. pleasant C. exciting D. dull
（ ）113. What did the author remember most fondly(温情地）of her train trip
A. The friendly country people. B. The mountains along the way.
C. The crowds of people in the streets. D. The simple lunch served on the train.
（ ）114.Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “relish” in the second paragraph
A. choose B. enjoy C. prepare for D. carry on
（ ）115. Where was the writer going
A. Johore Baru B. The Causeway C. Butterworth D. Singapore
（ ）116. What can we learn from the story
A. Comfort in traveling by train. B. Pleasure of living in the country.
C. Reading gives people delight. D. Smiles brighten people up. 28Decisions, decisions! Our lives are full of them, from the small ones to the life-changing. The right to choose is central to everyone. Yet sometimes we make bad decisions that leave us unhappy or full of regret. Can science help Most of us know little about the mental processes that lie behind our decisions. Luckily, what psychologists(心理学家)are finding may help us all make better choices. Here are some of their amazing discoveries to help you make up your mind.Consider your emotions. You might think that emotions are the enemy of decision making, but in fact they are a part of it. Whenever you make up your mind, your brain’s emotional centre is active. University of Southern California scientist, Antonio Damasio, has studied people with damage to only the emotional parts of their brains , and found that they were unable to make basic choices about what to wear or eat. Damasia thinks this may be because our brains store emotional memories of past choice, which we use to help the present decision-making.However, making choices under the influence of an emotion can greatly affect the result. Take anger, for example. A study by Nitika Garg of the University of Mississippi and other scientists found the angry shoppers were more likely to choose the first thing they were offered rather than considering other choices. It seems that anger can lead us to make quick decisions without much thinking.All emotions affect our thinking and motivation（动机），so it may be best to avoid making important decisions under their influence. Yet strangely there is one emotion that seems to help us make good choices. The American researchers found that sad people took time to consider the various choices on offer, and ended up making the best choices. In fact many studies show that people who feel unhappy have the most reasonable view of the world.（ ）117. According to the text, what may help us make better decisions A. To think about happy times. B. To make many decisions at a time. C.21世纪教育网 –中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台
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根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用”A”表示，错误的用“B”表示。
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict with them, and they are never given a free hand.www.21-cn-jy.com
Parents often find it difficult to win their children’s trust(信任) and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young.【出处：21教育名师】
For example, young people like to do things without much thinking. It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can do with any difficult things. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan (计划) things ahead and don’t like their plans to be changed.
When you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success (成功) if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by clothes they want, the music they enjoy and something else. But they don’t mean to cause (引起) any trouble. They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture (文化) of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their manner of speech, the young people feel very unhappy.
Sometimes you even don’t want your parents to say, “Yes” to what you do. You want to stay at home alone and do what you like.
If you plan to control (控制) your life, you’d better win your parents trust and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have high sense of responsibility (责任感), they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.
1. When young people are with their parents, they don’t feel pleased.
2. What young people think is different from what older people do.
3. What young people do is to make their parents unhappy.
4. When children grow up, they hope to let them do everything alone.
5. If you try to get your parents to understand you, you must do well in everything.
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根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“A”表示，错误的用“B”表示。
Yesterday evening, when I went to town with my mother, we met a strange old man. It was raining hard and we had no umbrella (伞). We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice umbrella and he said that he would give it to us for only a pound. He had forgotten his wallet, he said, needed taxi-fare (出租汽车费) to go back home. My mother didn’t believe what he had said at first, and asked him a lot of questions. But the old man didn’t get into a taxi. We followed (跟随) him and found he went into a pub (小酒店) and bought himself a glass of whiskey (威士忌) with the pound. After he drank it, he put on his hat and took up one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he sold it again.
1. The old man sold an umbrella to the writer and her mother.21世纪教育网版权所有
2. He gave it to them for only a pound because he had forgotten his wallet and needed taxi fare to go back home.
3. The umbrella was worth more than one pound.
4. The old man sold his own umbrella.
5. He was an honest man.
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根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用”A”表示，错误的用“B”表示。
In 1605, a scientist took a willow branch(柳枝) and planted it. He didn’t plant it in the ground, however. He planted it in a vase of soil(泥土). For the next five years, the scientist watered that willow carefully.?21*cnjy*com
The willow grew and grew. Where did it get the food for its growth To most people, this was an easy question. The willow plant, of course, took the food from the soil.?
The scientist, however, wanted evidence(证据).If the willow took the food from the soil for its growth, then, as it grew and weighed more, the soil ought to weigh less. He weighed the willow branch before he planted it. It weighed five pounds. Then he weighed the soil. It weighed 200 pounds. After five years, he weighed the plant and the soil again. The willow tree weighed 169 pounds, but the soil weighed almost the same.?
The result(结果) was surprising. Where did the 164 pounds come from ?
After many investigations(调查), the scientist got the answer. He had given water to the willow, and the willow got its food from the water.
He was right, in a way. Today we know more about the question.
1. The scientist did the experiment in the sixteenth century.
2. Most people thought the plant got the food from the soil for its growth.
3. The soil in the vase weighed two hundred pounds.
4. The scientist found that the willow grew and weighed more and the soil weighed less.
5. The soil weighed 164 pounds after five years.
6. Now we know about the question as much as the scientist did.
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根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用”A”表示，错误的用“B”表示。
One afternoon Bob and Jane were walking along a quiet street when they heard a big noise from the street corner. They ran there and found that a small car had knocked into the side of a truck. Both the car driver and the truck driver were hurt.?
“Bob,” said Jane, “run back down the road to Mrs Day’s house. Ask her to call the police and the ambulance(救护车). Hurry up. I’ll stay here.”?
Bob went off as fast as he could. There was nothing Jane could do but wait. She knew that when people were hurt in an accident，they shouldn’t be moved.?
It wasn’t long before the police car and the ambulance arrived. The policemen got the car door open and moved the man out. Then they got the truck driver out. Luckily，the men weren’t badly hurt，but they were both taken to hospital. The policemen thanked Bob and Jane. “You were very good to act so quickly when you saw the accident. Thank you for all your help.”
1. The accident happened in a quiet street one afternoon.
2. Bob，Jane，Mrs Day and the policemen heard the noise.
3. Both of the drivers were hurt in the accident.
4. Jane asked Bob to call the police.
5. Jane had got the drivers out before the policemen arrived.
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In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless （除非）the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them Then if the host （男主人）or hostess （女主人）or both of them come in a car to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though there is no people sitting on it21·世纪*教育网
1．In America men usually _______
A．walk ahead of women B．eat in a restaurant
C．walk behind women D．drive a car to work
2．In the street men ________
A．cross the street
B．walk on the right side of the ladies
C．walk on the closer side of the ladies to the trafficwww-2-1-cnjy-com
D．walk near the ladies
3．If a man walks with two ladies, he should _________
A．walk between them B．run before them C．follow them D．go away
4．If Mrs. Green wants you to her house in a car, you should _________
A．sit beside a guest B．sit at the front seat
C．sit at the back seat D．drive the car
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Last Sunday I saw the worst storm（暴风雨）in years It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and all was quiet
Then strong wind started blowing into my room Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window As I ran out to catch them, big drops of rain began to fall.
When I came back into the house, it was raining harder and harder I tried very hard to close the window Then I heard a loud crashing（碰撞的）sound from the back of the house. I ran out of my room to rind out what it was, a big tree had fallen down and broken the top of the back room.21教育名师原创作品
1．Before the storm, the weather was __________
A．cold B．cool C．warm D．hot
2．The wind blew some of the paper ___________
A．all over the floor B．out of the door
C．into the back room D．out of the open window
3．The top of the back room was broken because of __________
A．the strong B．the falling tree C．the rain D．the crashing sound
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Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than the speed of sound. You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race. If you stand some distance away from the starter, you can see smoke from his gun before the sound reaches your ears.
This great speed of light produces some strange facts Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach us If you look at the light of the moon tonight, remember that the light rays left the moon 1.3 seconds before they reached you The nearest star is so far away that the light that you can see from it tonight started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million km. per minute. In some cases, the light from one of tonight's stars had started on its journey to you before you were born.
Thus, if we want to be honest, we can't say, "The stars are shining tonight" We have to say instead, "The stars look pretty They were shining four years ago, but their light has only just reached the earth."
1．Light speed is ________ sound speed
A．as fast as
B．a million times slower than
C．about millions of times faster than
D．about a million times faster than
2．If you stand 200 metres away from a man who is firing a gun to start a race, you
will find out that _______
A．you can hear the sound before you see the smoke
B．the sound does not travel as fast as light
C．the sound will reach you before the man fires
D．sound travels about a million times faster than light
3．Sunlight obviously（明显地）_________ than the light of the moon
A．has to travel a greater distance B．moves less quickly
C．travels much more quickly D．is less powerful（有力的）
4．The scientific way of saying "The stars are shining tonight" should be ________
A．the stars have been shining all the time
B．the stars seen tonight will shine four years later
C．the stars were shining long ago but seen tonight
D．the starlight seen today could be seen four years ago
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Drinking too much alcohol （酒，酒精）seems to give pleasure to many people Habit alone can keep people drinking However, many heavy drinkers can offer some other reasons for their actions.
Right now doctors are getting some attention in their protests against heavy drinking. Many people have cut down on their drinking In general, everyone believes the doctors' warnings.
It is sometimes very easy to stop drinking heavily. For example, at a party a man has just one drink. He can stop thinking about having another one. Both health considerations and the high cost of drinking help him to stay away from alcohol. All of his friends help, too. They always understand his problem and are really concerned. The heavy drinker needs friends like these.
1．Drinking too much alcohol ________
A．seems to give pleasure to many people
B．is a habit
C．is reasonable
D．will do good to people
2．Paragraph（段落）2 says:
A．Doctors are against heavy drinking
B．People usually believe the doctors' warnings
C．Many people have cut down on their drinking
D．all of the above
3．A heavy drinker _________
A．believes the doctors' warnings
B．has no reasons for drinking
C．needs friends to help him stop drinking heavily【版权所有：21教育】
D．can't stay away from alcohol
4．The best title for the passage is ________
A．Alcohol B．No Drinking C．A Heavy Drinker D．Give It Up
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Tom didn't live too far away from school. So he went there and came back on foot every day. On his way to school he passed a wet playground when it rained. One day the boy came home very wet. His mother became very angry and said, "Don't play in the water on your way home or to school."
The next day he came home very wet again. His mother became even angrier. "I will tell your father if you come home wet again," she said, "Then he'll punish you."
The next day the young boy was dry when he came home from school. "You were a good boy today," his mother said, "You didn't play in the water," "No," he answered sadly, "There were so many big boys in the water when I got there this afternoon that there wasn't any room for me at all."
1. There was a ______ on his way to school.
A. park B. lake C. playground D. river
2.Tom's mother got angry because ________.
A. Tom was all wet B. Tom was dry
C. Tom didn't go to school D. it rained
3.The meaning of the underlined word punish is ________.
A.同意 B.惩罚 C.怜悯 D.放弃
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WHERE TO STAY IN BOSWELL YOUR GUIDE TO OUR BEST HOTELS
Name / Address Room Number Single Room Double Room Special Attractions
FIRST HOTEL222 Edward RoadTel. 4146433 120 $25 $35 Air-conditioned (空调) rooms French restaurantNight clubSwimming poolShopsCoffee shop and barTelephone, radio and TV setin each roomClose to the city center
FAIRVIE HOTEL129 North RoadTel. 5915620 450 $12 $18 Close to the airportTelephone in each roomBar, Restaurant, Garage (车库)Swimming pool
ORCHARD HOTEL233 Edward RoadTel. 6416446 470 $15 $20 Facing First HotelEuropean (欧式的) restaurantTV setCoffee shopLaundry (洗衣店) anddry-cleaning shops
OSAKA HOTEL12364 Venning RoadTel. 6438200 180 $30 $50 Air-conditioned (空调) roomsJapanese and ChineserestaurantsSwimming poolLarge gardenShops
Choose the best answers according to the table above.21教育网
1.If you want to eat Chinese food, you will go to the restaurant in ________.
A. the Fairview Hotel
B. the First Hotel
C. the Orchard Hotel
D. the Osaka Hotel
2.The cheapest price for a single bed is ________ in ______ in Boswell.21cnjy.com
A.$12, the First Hotel B.$15, the Osaka Hotel
C.$12, the Fairview Hotel D.$25, the Orchard Hotel21·cn·jy·com
3.The number of the rooms in the hotel with the best special attractions is _______.
A.120 B.470 C.450 D.180
4.If a Japanese traveler likes to eat in a French restaurant, _________ is the right place for him to go to.2·1·c·n·j·y
A.233 Edward Road B.12364 Venning Road
C.222 Edward Road D.129 North Road
5.Which hotel faces the Orchard Hotel
A. The First Hotel B. The Osaka Hotel
C. The Fairview Hotel D. No Hotel
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Ron is ten years old. He loves to watch TV. But for one full year he did not watch TV at all. What was the reason Ron’s parents said they would give him $ 600 if he didn’t watch TV for a year.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
Ron’s parents thought he watched too much TV. One day his mother saw a news- paper story about a boy who didn’t watch TV for a year. She showed the story to Ron. Ron liked the idea. He turned off the TV right away, and said, “It doesn’t bother me not to watch TV. I just want the money.”2-1-c-n-j-y
At first, Ron’s parents were very happy. Ron read books and newspapers, played outside, played computer games, and played cards with his mother. But after some time, he got bored(厌烦). Every morning, he asked his parents, “What are we doing tonight ” Sometimes his mother and father wished he would watch TV just for one evening. Ron always said, “No, it would cost me money!”21*cnjy*com
Finally the year was over. Then Ron stared watching his favourite TV shows all day long again. Ron got the money from his parents. What does he plan to do with the $ 600 “I want to buy myself a TV set!” he said.【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
1. Ron didn’t watch TV for one year because ________.
A. he wanted the money B. watching TV too much is bad
C. he wanted to study harder D. he wanted to learn from the boy
2. “It doesn’t bother me not to watch TV” means “It’s _______ to watch TV”.
A. waste time B. important for me
C. not use D. not important for me
3. Ron thought _________ for him to read and play all the time.
A. it was great fun B. it was no fun
C. it was enjoyable D. it was good
4. Ron’s last words would _______ his parents.
A. please B. frighten C. surprise D. excite
5. The best title for the story is _______.
A. A Funny Story B. A Year without TV
C. A Good Boy D. Buying a TV Set
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J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the bestsellers in the world.
J.K. Rowling was born in Bristol on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years younger than her. Both girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them. They especially loved stories about magical worlds. Rowling wrote her first story, called Rabbit, at the age of six.
After she graduated from the university, Rowling worked as a translator(翻译者)
in London. During this time, on a long train trip in the summer of 1990, the idea came to her of a boy who has magic but doesn’t know it. In 1992 Rowling began to teach English. She lived with her baby daughter, Jessica, and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers. It appeared in June 1997. To her surprise, the book was greatly successful. The film came out in November 2001. Now Harry Potter series(系列) is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books were sold in 200 countries.
Why has the series been so successful There are a few things. Many other magical stories take place in faraway lands or in past or future times. But Harry lives in modern(现代的) England. He’s also a very normal(平常的) boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when other children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him.
J.K. Rowling is very happy with the success, and she is now busy finishing the whole series of seven books. She’s writing full time and she’s really enjoying life. She says she will go on living a normal life with her daughter and writing children’s books.
1. From the passage, we know ___________.
A. J.K. Rowling met a boy named Harry on a long train trip
B. J.K. Rowling loved listening to stories when she was very young
C. J.K. Rowling is two years younger than her sister
D. Harry Potter is J.K. Rowling’s first story
2. The first ?Harry Potter? book came out in __________.
A. July 1965
B. the summer of 1990
C. June 1997
D. November 2001
3. The Harry Potter series is __________.
A. written for young people
B. only enjoyed by children
C. only sold in England
D. about a young inspector
4. J.K. Rowling has been successful, and she ___________.
A. likes to travel all over the world with her daughter
B. is too busy to enjoy her life
C. is excited about her success every day
D. is still writing stories for children
5. How is Harry Potter series different from other magical stories
A. There are magical things.
B. The stories happened in the modern world.
C. It has seven books.
D. It took much time to finish.
【练习答案】
(1) 1.A 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.B
(2)1.A 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.B
(3)1.B 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.B 6.B
(4)1.A 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.B
(5)1.C 2.C 3.A 4.B
(6)1.D 2.D 3.B
(7)1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C
(8)1.A 2.D 3.C 4.D
(9)1.C 2.A 3.B 44.C 45.A 46.D 47.C 48.D 49.A 50.D
(10)1.D 2.C 3.A 4.C 5.A
(11)1.A 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.B
(12)1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.B
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阅读理解
新目标（Go for it！）中考
第三轮题型专练复习
中考分析
阅读理解着重考查学生对各种题材和体裁的书面材料的理解能力以及从各种材料中获取信息的能力。在理解信息的基础上，学生还要能够对信息加以判断、归纳和综合。要求学生能够读懂较熟悉的日常生活话题方面的文字材料，如海报、说明广告，以及书刊中的短文材料。
思维导图分析：
一、先读问题，弄清考查要点，以便能带着问题看文章，这样会心中有数，有的放矢。
二、快速浏览全文，掌握全貌，注意发现与问题有关的信息，如果时间紧，至少要扫视一下起首段和尾段。再把标题和文章内容结合起来想一想，这样全文大意便清楚了。此时，不要忙于答题。
阅读理解四步曲
三、细读原文，捕捉相关信息词，掌握短文细节内容。这是解题的关键，应特别注意以下几点：
1． 抓住四个"W"和一个"H"，就是边读边用铅笔做些标记，把What (事件)，When（时间），Where（地点），Why（原因），How（经过）划出来。抓住了四个“W”和一个“H”，就抓住了文章的全貌，一些直接性的问题便可解决。
2．抓住连接词及起关键作用的副词、代词、介词、插入语等。因为这些词具有因果，让步，递进，转折，指代，列举及承上启下等各种连接上下文的特殊功能。这对考生分清文章层次，辨明各种关系，了解人物心理，推断作者意图，进行逻辑推理等手段来分析难点，都具有举足轻重的作用。
3． 注意领会文章的寓意。
4．根据题意，初选答案。这一步须仔细审题，领会测试要求，确定解题方法。对那些明显的，有把握的题可以断然确定，不必把其余三个答案再作推敲而浪费时间：有些略难的题，应再查阅短文（不是重读一遍），迅速找出依据，予以排除。常用的解题方法有如下几种：
① 直接解题法。即从原文中直接找出答案。
② 归纳解题法。对于不能从原文中直接找出答案的可在把握全文中心和线索的前题下进行概括、归纳得出正确答案。
③ 综合推理法。读者需统观全文，认真分析，综合推理及至计算，最后归纳出正确答案。
题干中有"suggest, conclude, conclusion, probably, reason, because, according to“等字眼时，属于推断概括型，考查内容着眼于全篇，考生应具备一定的分析归纳，推理等逻辑思维能力。
④ 捕捉关键词。在阅读时应该注意与问题相关的同义词，近义词，反义词或同位词等信息词来得出正确答案。
⑤ 转换解题法。即原文这么说，而在问题和所给选项中则用另外的词去转换一种说法，但仍表示同一含义。
⑥ 排除法。根据语言，句法结构，信息词和常识，在没有把握的选项中用排除法得出正确答案。
四、重读原文，仔细斟酌核对答案。在解完最后一道题后，如果时间允许，再将原文读一遍；用全文的主题思想统率各思考题，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，目的在于对所做答案进一步审查，推出未解答的题，以便减少失误。
典型例题分析
根据内容，从短文后每题的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。
Mr Brown first went to look at the underground - fire when he was seven. "Through the hole（洞）in the earth you could see the orange fire, but you had to look fast because it was so hot," said Mr Brown. In 1898, he saw the fire once more（再一次）.
Now, we can only see the smoke. The fire Mr Brown saw is not the underground - fire. In fact, there are 260 coal（煤）fires in the world. They are harmful（有害）and dangerous. Then how to put them out
Scientists have tried to set（放置）fire to underground coal to speed up（加速）the fires. In this way, the burning（燃烧）of underground coal would be soon finished.（被烧完）。
1. Mr Brown first saw the underground - fire ________.
A. at the age of seven B. seven years old
C. in the year of 1898 D. more than（超过）80 years ago
2. Mr Brown said that we had to take a fast look at the fire because ________.
A. it was in the hole B. it was very hot
C. it was orange D. it was harmful
3. How many coal fires are there in the world
A. There's only one. B. It's hard to say.
C. There are 260. D. The article（文章）doesn't tell us.
A
B
C
4. What’s one of the best ways to put out（扑灭）the underground fire
A. To cover（覆盖）the holes with stones（石块）.
B. To speed up the fires.
C. To see the fires burning.
D. To do some experiments（试验）.
5. What is the best title（标题）for the article
A. Watching the Underground - Fire.
B. A Way to Put Out the Coal Fires.
C. The Burning Earth.
D. Coal and Coal Fires.
B
B
[分析] 1. 在文章的第一段的第一句里可以找到依据。at the age of seven 等于when he was seven，故正确答案为 A 。
2．这一题可以在第一段里直接找到答案，属于直接回答题。正确答案为 B。
3．这一题可以在第二段里直接找到答案，属于直接回答题。正确答案为 C。
4．在文章的最后一段提到了扑灭火的最好方法，那就是使火加速燃烧。正确答案为 B。
5．完成这道题需作一定的归纳，因为文章中没有给出直接的回答。文章从Mr Brown两次看火，然后说出地下火的危害，最后提出如何灭火的方法。文章的前两段是给为什么要灭火和如何灭火铺垫，如何灭火才是文章的中心。故正确答案为 B。
阅读理解题型
ture or fause
A,B,C or D
Answer the questions
一、根据文章内容判断正误 Fred telephoned his wife. “I’ve got two free tickets for the theatre tonight,” he told her. “Meet me outside the office. We’ll have something to eat and then go on to the theatre.”
Fred’s wife was very pleased. They hadn’t been to the theatre for a long time. She met her husband as he told her. They had dinner and got to the theatre just in time.
At the entrance Fred took out his wallet to get the tickets. “It’s very strange,” he said. “They aren’t here!” “Try your pockets,” said his wife. But the tickets weren’t there, either.
Then Fred looked very embarrassed (尴尬). “What’s the matter ” asked his wife. “Well,” Fred said, “I remember what I did with my tickets. I put them in my bag. But because I wasn’t going home, I left it in the office!”
( ) 1. One day, Fred was given the tickets for the theatre.
( ) 2. Fred and his wife went to the theatre quite often.
( ) 3. Fred wanted to meet his wife in a restaurant.
( ) 4. They reached the theatre neitherlate nor early.
( ) 5. Then Fred couldn’t find his tickets and remembered what he had done with the tickets.
1、T 因为第一段中提到Fred told his wife “I’ve got
two free tickets…” “free” 此处是免费的意思。
2、F 第二段中提到“They hadn’t been to the theater
for a long time.”
3、F 第一段中Fred说“Meet me outside the office.”
4、T 第二段中“in time”是及时的意思。
5、T 结尾处提到的。
T
F
F
T
T
David McConnell sold books from door to door. Housewives(家庭主妇)were not interested in the books. Usually before he had enough time to say anything about his books, the women closed their doors. But he didn’t give up. McConnell decided to bring each of them a present, a small bottle of perfume(香水)made by himself. He soon found that the women liked the perfume better than the books. He stopped selling books to sell perfume instead and started his own company “Avon”, which is a great success.
When you do nothing, you learn nothing. But when you try, even though you are not successful, you will learn what doesn’t work and that puts you closer to what will work. It doesn’t matter how many times you are not successful. It does matter that you will be successful one day.
Edison was not on the way to success until people bought his first invention. Success once is enough for Edison. And the same for you—success once is enough.
( ) 1. McConnell was successful as a book-seller.
( ) 2. McConnell hoped those women would buy his books if he brought them each a present.
( ) 3. If you do nothing at all, you will never be successful.
( ) 4. Edison was successful at the very beginning.
( ) 5. The writer encouraged us to try as much as we can
F
T
T
T
F
解析：
1、F 从第一段“He stopped selling books to sell perfume stead.”，可以判断出他在推销书方面并不成功。
2、T 第一段第三行提到“McConnell decided to bring each of them a present,…”。
3、T 这句是第二段前两句的解释。
4、F 最后一段，第一句说明Edison 的发明被人们认可后才走上了成功之路。
5、T 第二段中作者提出了自己的观点。
Sociologists(社会学家), working in western countries, have found that a large number of women wished they had been born men. The number is said to be as high as 60% in Germany.
“Women often wish they had the same chances as men have, and think it is still men’s world,” said Dr James Helen, one of the sociologists who did the study.
Many men say that they have more duties than women. A man has to make money to support(养活)his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for men to be paid more. Some are even against their wives working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children cannot be
taken good care of. If women take full-time jobs, they won’t be able to do what they are best at doing: making a nice home and bringing up the children.
Some women disagree. They say they want to get out of their homes and to have freedom(自由) to choose between work and home life. Women have the right of equal pay and equal chances(平等机会).
Anne Harper has a very good job. She also believes in “Women’s Liberation(解放).” “I don’t wish I were a man, ”she says, “and I don’t think many women do. But I do wish people would stop treating(对待) us like second—class people.
At work, for example, we usually do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs only to men—usually they are the best ones. If you are a man, you have a much better chance of living a wonderful life. How many women scientists are there…or engineers ”
( ) 1. many men think__________.
A. women can’t do what men can
B. men have to work much harder than women
C. men can make money more easily than women
D. women’s duty is mainly to do housework at home
解析：D 这是一道概括主旨的题，答此题的依据是第三段内容。这段开头两句话说的是重男，那么不言而喻，家务活和教育子女的任务应有妇女承担；另有一些男士则公开反对女士外出工作。可见，不少男士认为妇女的主要职责是在家料理家务。
( ) 2. Some women have different ideas, They say that__________.
A. women need chances to go out of the home more often
B. women want more freedom in deciding the kind of life they want
C. if women are given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men
D. women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes
解析：B 一些妇女持不同观点，文中第四段反映了他们的意见。这也正是文章的中心思想的写作意图----争取人权平等，妇女自由，男女平等。
( ) 3. Anne Harper didn’t wish to be a man__________.
A. because she believed in “Women’s Liberation”
B. but she wished to get the same jobs as men
C. because she had got a good job
D. but she wished to treated the same as a man
解析：D 安妮.哈珀不希望自己是男士，但她希望社会像对待男士一样对待她。该题是一考查细节的题，答案在最后一段。
( ) 4. Anne Harper thought that__________.
A. women should live a better life than men
B. women should be really liberated
C. women should be given better jobs than men
D. women should live a more wonderful life
解析：B 安妮.哈珀的想法正是作者的意图，如最后一段写到：She also believes in “Women’s Liberation.” 然后她又列举了许多事实，其立意还是为了说明这一正确论点。
( ) 5. Which of the following is not true according to the passage
A. There are more men scientists, engineers than women ones.
B. Women are second—class people, so they shouldn’t live a better life.
C. Women do the same jobs as men, but get paid less than men.
D. There are some best Jobs that women have few chances to take.
解析：B 选题B的观点在文中没有出现。文中男士尽管摆出种种理由，但还没有人敢明目张胆地发表歧视妇女的观点，即把妇女作为二等公民，认为妇女不应生活的更美好。
Have you ever held a toy balloon (气球) They are very light. But there are much bigger balloons. These balloons can fly very high up in the sky. They are big enough to carry people. They are called hot-air balloons.
To make a hot-air balloon go up, turn on the burner (燃烧器). That will make the air inside the balloon hotter. Then the balloon will go up.
To make the balloon go down, turn off the burner. The air inside the balloon will get cooler. Then the balloon will go down.
Underneath (在…下面) the balloon there is a large basket. That is where the pilot (飞行员) and the passengers (乘客) go.
The burner is just above the basket. You can stand in the basket and turn the burner on and off. The balloon will go where the wind blows it. Do you want the balloon to go somewhere special First make sure the wind is blowing the right way!
People have been flying in hot-air balloons for over two hundred years. Before planes it was the only way of flying. Today people fly in hot air balloons for fun. Some people like to race hot-air balloons. The first Hot-Air Balloon World Championship (锦标赛) was held in 1973.
( ) 1. A hot-air balloon is ____________.
A. smaller than a toy balloon
B. bigger than a toy balloon
C. the same as a toy balloon
D. lighter than a toy balloon
解析：B 由“But they are much bigger balloons.”可知。这里的比较级是与前面“a toy balloon”相比较。
( ) 2. Where will you sit if you want to fly in the balloon
A. Inside the basket.
B. On top of the balloon
C. Under the basket
D. Inside the balloon
解析：A 这是一篇有关热气球的科普文章，需要考生熟知有关热气球的基本常识。热气球有燃烧器（也可叫加热器），打开燃烧器，气球内气体被加热，气球会上升，反之就下降。气球下面是一个大篮子，飞行员或乘客在此处，燃烧器在篮子上方。热气球总要随风向飞行。
( ) 3. You want the balloon to go up. So you will _____________.
A. jump out if the balloon
B. let the air out of the balloon
C. make the air inside the balloon hotter D. let the air inside the balloon cool down
解析：C 由第二段的叙述可知。
( ) 4. Now you are high up in the sky. If you want the balloon go down, you will _________.
A. make your friends get out of the basket
B. make a hole in the balloon with a knife
C. make the air inside the balloon hotter
D. make the air inside the balloon cooler
解析：由第三段的叙述可知。
( ) 5. Now everything is all right! The balloon is flying across the sky. Where are you going
A. Towards the sun.
B. To the seaside.
C. Where the wind blows you.
D. To the nearest mountains.
解析：C 由第六段的叙述可知。
(4)
Bob was happy. He was at a new school, and the other students were friendly. “Hi, Bob!” they said. But some students said, “Hi, Peter!” Bob didn’t understand. He asked another student, “Why do some students call me Peter ”
“Oh, that’s easy to answer,” the students said. “Pete was a student here last year. Now he goes to a different school. You look like Peter. Some students think that you’re Peter.”
Bob wanted to meet Peter. He got Peter’s address from a student and went to Peter’s house. Peter opened the door. Bob couldn’t believe his eyes. He looked really like Peter! Bob and Peter had the same colour eyes and the same smile. They had the same black hair. They also had the same birthday. And they both were adopted (领养) by two different families.
Bob and Peter found out that they were twin brothers. Soon after the boys were born, one family adopted Bob, and another family adopted Peter. Bob’s family never knew about Peter, and Peter’s family never knew about Bob.
Bob and Peter’s story was in the newspaper. There was a photo of Bob and Peter next to the story. A young man named John saw the photo in the newspaper. John couldn’t believe his eyes. He looked really like Bob and Peter! He had the same colour eyes and the same smile. He had the same black hair. He had the same birthday. And he, too, was adopted by another family.
Later John met Bob and Peter. When Bob and Peter saw John, they couldn’t believe their eyes. John looked really like them! Why did John look really like Bob and Peter You can guess. Bob and Peter are not twins. Bob, Peter and John are triplets.
1. How did Bob feel at a new school
2. Why did some students mistake Bob for Peter
3. Where did Bob see Peter
4. How did John know the story
5. What does it mean by “triplets”, do you know
He was happy.
Because Bob looked like Peter very much.
In Peter’s house.
He knew the story from the newspaper.
It means Bob, Peter and John were born on the same day,
and they are brothers.
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Everyone bathes in a different way. Most Americans never take a bath. They soap and rinse（冲洗）off under the shower. The English always take a bath. First, they sit in a bathtub full of warm water. Then they soap themselves, and finally, they rinse off the soap, all in the same water. The Japanese on the other hand, first wash with soap in the shower. Then they go and sit in a bathtub full of warm water for twenty minutes or more. Later, others in the family use the same water to sit and relax in.
The Thai（泰国人）do not get into a shower or a bathtub. They stand in a room or area of a house where there is a big jar（罐子）full of water. With a bowl they pour water from the jar on themselves so that other people do not see their bodies. The Thai always wear a long piece of cloth called a pasin around their bodies. They wear this when they are bathing..
Everyone gets clean in a different way. We know that washing is good healthy for us. But this was not true in the past. Up to 1800, most Americans did not bathe because they thought it was bad for them.
What is the passage about
2. Why do people often bathe
3. Who needs a bathtub when he bathes
4. Why do the Thai use a pasin around their bodies when they bathe
5. When did most Americans begin to bathe often
About 200 years ago.
The ways people bathe.
To make themselves clean.
The English and the Japanese.
To keep others from seeing their bodies.21世纪教育网 –中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台
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(一)
It’s 10∶00 pm. A man leaves a restaurant, gets into his car and drives away. 200 metres further he’s stopped by a police officer. 【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
Officer: Good evening, sir. We’re testing drivers for drunk driving. Would you please blow(吹)into this machine 21·世纪*教育网
Man: I’m sorry, I can’t do that. If I blow into that machine, I will get out of air.
Officer: Please come along to the office and we can give you a blood test.
Man: I can’t do that. If you give me a blood test, I will bleed(流血)to death.
Officer: Then you’ll have to get out and walk five metres along this white line.
Man: I can’t do that, either.
Officer: Why not
Man: Because I’m dead drunk! I can’t open the door.
( )1. The man is stopped ________ metres away from the restaurant.
A. 5 B. 10
C. 200 D. 205
( )2. The conversation probably happens in a (an) ________.www.21-cn-jy.com
A. office B. street
C. hospital D. restaurant
( )3. The man wouldn’t have the test for drunk driving because ________.
A. he is badly ill B. he will get out of air
C. he is dead drunk D. he will bleed to death
(二)
Animals grow up in different ways. They have lots of lessons to learn.
Some animals are born helpless but their mothers protect them. A newborn kangaroo is the size of a bee. She stays in her mother’s safe pouch. She doesn’t open her eyes for at least five months. A newborn monkey cannot walk. He is carried by his mother.【版权所有：21教育】
Other baby animals can walk soon after they’re born They learn to run with their mother when danger is near. A baby zebra(斑马)can run an hour after she is born.
Some baby animals are born in a place that is safe. Other baby animals are born in the open. Baby wolves are born in large holes. A baby elephant is born on open, grassy land. Other elephants make a circle(圈)to protect her.
Animals that drink their mothers’ milk are called mammals. A mother bear’s milk is fatty and rich. Baby bears need lots of fat to keep warm in winter. They have milk for six months. Baby zebras drink milk for six months or more! As baby animals grow they need solid(固体的)food. Baby lions eat what their mother can catch.
( )1. Which baby animals don’t open their eyes for at least five months
A. Lions. B. Zebras.
C. Kangaroos. D. Elephants.
( )2. What can’t a baby zebra do an hour after she is born
A. Drink milk.
B. Walk by herself.
C. Run with her mother.
D. Make a circle to protect herself.
( )3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？
A. Baby wolves are born in the open.
B. Newborn lions only eat solid food.
C. Newborn monkeys can walk but can’t jump.
D. Baby bears need lots of fat to keep warm in winter.21世纪教育网版权所有
(三)
The crowd stopped their talks as the runners came to the starting line. At this moment, all eyes were on two people, Mark, the favourite for the gold medal, and Jim, a new face to all.
Mark had won a lot of competitions in 3000 meters and was thought to be the finest runner in the country. Until a few months before, Jim was almost unknown outside his hometown. But he had won one competition after another, which was a big surprise. Many people thought Jim would also do very well this time. It was going to be an exciting race.
Bang! The race started. For the first half, Jim ran with Mark in the leading group. At 1700 meters, Jim was about one meter behind Mark. Suddenly, the crowd stopped cheering. Mark fell and lay on the grass. He tried to get up, but he had been injured and was out of the race.
The crowd believed that Jim had tripped(绊倒) Mark and they began to shout at him. Jim looked back and slowed down. Then ________. But the race was over for Jim, too. He was far behind others now. Jim was very unhappy because of what had happened.
Later, after the judges(裁判) had studied the video of the race, they decided that Jim had done nothing wrong. Jim went to see Mark and said, “I’m sorry for...” “It’s not your fault. I got injured myself in the leg. Such a thing never happens to me. I’ve got to see the doctor.”
The two went on to become good friends and were often seen training together.
( )1. Why was the race going to be exciting
A. Because it was a 3000 meter race.
B. Because there were only two runners in the competition.
C. Because both Mark and Jim were very good runners.
D. Because a large crowd of people came to watch the competition.
( )2. The crowd stopped cheering suddenly because ________.
A. it began to rain heavily
B. Mark fell and lay in the grass
C. Jim was about one meter behind Mark
D. Jim ran with Mark in the leading group
( )3. Which of the following can be put in the blank(空白处) in Paragraph 4
A. he went on with the race
B. the doctors came to help
C. the judges told him to stop
D. he didn’t know what had happened
(四)
We talk every day. When we have good news, we like to share it with our good friends and when something terrible happens, we make it known to others soon. But can you imagine that a tree can talk and share news too Of course, no tree moves lips and says words just as people do. Strange as it may sound, though, some trees do manage to communicate with each other.
Willow(柳树) trees are the best known of these trees. When insects(昆虫) begin nibbling(叮咬) a willow tree, the tree sends out a special smell at once. This smell tells the other willows that harmful insects are coming near. All of them quickly make a chemical(化学物质) in their leaves. This chemical is bad to the insects. The insects do not like it and they fly away soon. In this way, the willow trees protect themselves from the insects.www-2-1-cnjy-com
The next time when you take a walk in the woods, maybe the trees are “talking” to each other quietly. And when someone says that trees cannot “talk”， please tell them that even trees give messages to each other, too.【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
( )1. Willow trees send messages with ________.
A. words B. Movements C. smells D. sounds
( )2. The underlined word “lips” in the first paragraph means ________.
A. 树干 B. 嘴唇 C. 枝条 D. 手势
( )3. The passage tells us that some of the trees can ________.21教育网
A. speak just as people do
B. tell stories to others
C. communicate with each other
D. kill insects in the woods
( )4. According to the passage, the right order of the following is ________.
a. The willow tree gives out a smell.
b. The willow trees make a chemical in their leaves.
c. Insects fly away because of the chemical.
d. Insects begin nibbling a willow tree.
A. d－a－b－c B. d－b－a－c C. a－b－c－d D. d－c－b－a
(五)
In a surprising result, the No. 69 Middle School girls’ football team yesterday beat their school’s boys’ team. The boys’ team often helped the girls with their training (训练). They had never lost to the girls before, but this time the girls beat them 4 —3.
After the game, Wu Nai, head of the boys’ team, was very unhappy. “We all thought this would be an easy game，” he said. “We never thought a team of girls could beat us. This is the saddest day of my life. ”
But Mr Hu, the boys’ PE teacher, said he thought the girls should win. “The boys were too confident (自信)，” he said. “I told them before the match that they needed to play well. They all thought that girls’ football was a joke. Now they know better. They didn’t play carefully, and they lost.”
The match had started well for the boys. After 30 minutes, they were winning 2－0. Their best player, Lu Ming, scored in the thirtieth minute. Earlier, the mid field player, Ma Zhengquan, had scored the first goal in only the second minute of the match.
After the first half hour, the boys seemed to become too confident. At first, the girls had felt a bit nervous (紧张), but then they became more and more confident. Just before half time, Li Xiaolin made the score 2－1.
In the second half, the boys were the first to score. It was from Lu Ming. After that the boys became lazy, but the girls kept on working hard. Hao Meiling scored in the 68th minute, to make the score 3 —2. Then Li Xiaolin scored twice in the last six minutes to make the last score 4－3. It was a surprising finish.
The girls’ PE teacher, Miss Wang, was very pleased with their work. “They were great！” She said. “I told them they could win. I told them that the most important thing was teamwork. The boys’ team had some good players, but my girls were a better team！”21*cnjy*com
( )1. Who scored the first goal in the match
A. Lu Ming. B. Ma Zhengquan.
C. Li Xiaolin. D. Hao Meiling.
( )2. How many goals did Li Xiaolin score
A. One. B. Two.
C. Three. D. Four.
( )3. Why could the girls’ team beat the boys’ in the football match
A. Because the boys’ team helped the girls with their training.
B. Because the boys had never lost to the girls before.21cnjy.com
C. Because the boys’ team won the first half.
D. Because the girls played together better and worked harder.
( )4. Which of the following is right
A. The girls made only one goal in the first half.
B. The girls even made 3 more goals than the boys in the second half.
C. Many people thought the girls could beat the boys before the match.
D. The girls’ team had some better players than the boys’.
( )5. Choose the right order according to the passage.
a. The girls’ PE teacher told them that they could win.
b. Wu Nai, head of the boys’ team was very unhappy.
c. The match started well for the boys.
d. The girls kicked the second goal in the match.
A. a－b－c－d B. b－c－d－a
C. d－c－a－b D. a－c－d－b
(六)
When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.
One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his shoes, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour later, I found that he had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn’t afford new shoes. We had to go back to find it, so I told my brother to wait right there. A man heard it and stopped me just before I walked off. He asked me, “You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe What would you do if he is not here when you return？” I did not know how to answer that question. He continued, “It’s_OK_if_you_can’t_find_the_shoe,_but_it_is_not_
OK_to_lose_your_brother.” Then he sent us to mum’s workplace by taxi.
My whole life I have depended on the kindness of many strangers, I feel regretful that I cannot find them and say thank you. I do not even remember what the man’s face looked like, but he taught me a lesson—people are more important than things. 21·cn·jy·com
( )1. Why did the younger brother cry for his mother 21*cnjy*com
A. Because he was hungry.
B. Because he missed his mother.
C. Because he wanted to sleep.
D. Because he wanted to play outside.
( )2. What does the underlined word “regretful” in the last paragraph mean
A. Sorry. B. Happy.
C. Excited. D. Angry.
( )3. What did the man mean by saying “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK
to lose your brother.”？
A. People are more important than things.
B. Things are more important than people.
C. Both the shoe and your brother are important.
D. The shoe is more important than your brother.
( )4. According to the passage, which word can best describe the man
A. Rude. B. Funny.
C. Silly. D. Kind.
(七)
My class will put on a short play in English at the end of the year. Yesterday our English teacher gave us copies of the play. 【出处：21教育名师】
“Choose a character in the play whom you’d like to be, ”she told us. “This afternoon learn a few lines of this part for homework. Then tomorrow you can say those lines in front of the class. I’ll decide who play each part.”21教育名师原创作品
I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play, so I choose the part of the king. He has a lot of lines to say. I learned them by heart.
This morning in our English lesson we had to say our lines. I acted the part of the king. When I said my lines, I put a lot of expression into my acting. I thought I acted really well.
Everyone in the class read a part and then the teacher who would play each part.
Many of the students in my class couldn’t act at all. They couldn’t even read without making lots of mistakes. I was sure that I would get a big part in the play.
However, the teacher gave me the part of a soldier. He has only one line. It is, “Yes, sir！”
I was very disappointed. At the end of the lesson I went up to her and asked her why I had such a small part.
“You put too much expression in your acting，” she said. “Good acting is not big acting. It is acting the audience can believe in.”
I think I know what she means.
( )1. What did the boy want to do in the play
A. To get a small acting part.
B. To organize the play.
C. To get a large acting part.
D. To work the lights.
( )2. How did the boy feel when the teacher told the class they would put on a play
A. Bored. B. Sad.
C. Excited. D. Unhappy.
( )3. Why didn’t the teacher give him the part of the kings
A. He did not act correctly.
B. He did not know the lines.
C. He was not handsome.
D. He was too short.
( )4. What does the underlined word “expression” in the passage mean
A. 表演 B. 建议 C. 模仿 D. 服饰
(八)
Except for a few times, Americans are not big present givers. There’s no exchange of presents among business people, and if one American tries to give another a present, it may look like that he wants to bribe (贿赂) him. Americans have learned that in some other countries people like to give presents to others, but among ourselves we don’t see the need for presents.
Even friends may never exchange presents. When I go to foreign countries, I try to bring back little things for close friends, but nobody would feel unhappy if I didn’t. I don’t often remember a friend’s birthday, and few people outside of my family remember mine. If someone gave me presents too often, I’d get unpleasant. But a present from a foreigner—that kind from his or her homeland—won’t go wrong, except to government employees (政府职员) who can’t be given presents.
You usually open a present at once and in front of the person who gives it except Christmas and birthday presents. You should only say, “It’s so nice. Thanks...” when you get Christmas or birthday presents.
You may want to bring a bottle of wine (葡萄酒) or flowers to a dinner party, but you’re never asked to. Nobody will mind if you bring wine, but your friend may not use it that evening.
At Christmas we often give presents to our family and sometimes our friends. We also give presents to people who have been helpful during the year—doormen, babysitters, housecleaners, newspaper senders—anyone who has often helped us.
( )1. What does ”close friends“ mean in the passage
A. The friends who are very kind.
B. The friends who live close to each other.
C. The friends who were once classmates.
D. The friends who you like most.
( )2. What kind of presents don’t Americans usually open in front of the givers
A. The small presents.
B. Christmas or birthday presents.
C. The expensive presents.
D. The presents for dinner party.
( )3. Why do Americans also give presents to housecleaners at Christmas
A. To pay them.
B. To help them.
C. To thank them.
D. To make them work harder.
( )4. Which of the following do you think is right
A. American business people don’t want presents because they are rich enough.
B. The writer of this passage must be an American.
C. Everyone must give presents to one’s family and friends at Christmas.
D. Government employees can get little presents from a foreigner.
( )5. What is the main idea of the passage
A. Present giving in the United States.
B. Customs (习俗) in the United States.
C. American people and present giving.
D. When and how to give presents.
(九)
When I was a kid in Minnesota, watermelon was expensive. One of my father’s friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who owned a large store in St. Paul.
Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived, Bernie would call. Dad and I would go to Bernie’s place. We’d sit on the edge of the dock(码头), feet dangling(摇晃), and got ready for a big meal.
Bernie would take his knife, cut our first watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down next to us. Then we’d bury our faces in watermelon, eating only the heart—the reddest, juiciest, firmest, sweetest, most seed free part—and throw away the rest.
Bernie was my father’s idea of a rich man. I always thought it was because he was such a successful businessman. Years later, I realized that it was not Bernie’s wealth itself but his way of dealing with it that my father liked. Bernie knew how to stop working, get together with friends and eat only the heart of the watermelon.
What I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon. If you don’t take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and enjoy life’s small pleasure, your work is probably hurting your life.
For many years, I forgot that lesson I’d learned as a kid on the loading dock. I was too busy making all the money I could.
Well, I’ve relearned it. I hope I have time left to enjoy the success of others and to take pleasure in the day. That’s the_heart_of_the_watermelon. I have learned again to throw the rest away.
( )1. We learned from the second paragraph that the writer and his father were feeling
________.
A. relaxed B. worried
C. hungry D. proud
( )2. How did the writer and his father eat the watermelon 2·1·c·n·j·y
A. They ate it in a polite way.
B. They only ate its best part.
C. They ate every part of it.
D. They shared only one piece.
( )3. In the eyes of the writer’s father, Bernie ________.
A. was just a rich businessman
B. worked hard all the time
C. lived a rich but healthy life
D. knew how to make money
( )4. The underlined part “the heart of the watermelon” in the last paragraph refers to
________.
A. the best part of the watermelon
B. the writer’s busy life
C. the writer’s decision of making money
D. the writer’s hope of enjoying life
( )5. It can be learned from the passage that ________.2-1-c-n-j-y
A. one has to work hard to reach his goal
B. a friend in need is a friend in deed
C. watermelon is the healthiest fruit
D. one should keep work life balance
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(一)
It’s 10∶00 pm. A man leaves a restaurant, gets into his car and drives away. 200 metres further he’s stopped by a police officer.
Officer: Good evening, sir. We’re testing drivers for drunk driving. Would you please blow(吹)into this machine
Man: I’m sorry, I can’t do that. If I blow into that machine, I will get out of air.
Officer: Please come along to the office and we can give you a blood test.
Man: I can’t do that. If you give me a blood test, I will bleed(流血)to death.
Officer: Then you’ll have to get out and walk five metres along this white line.
Man: I can’t do that, either.
Officer: Why not
Man: Because I’m dead drunk! I can’t open the door.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
( )1. The man is stopped ________ metres away from the restaurant.
A. 5 B. 10
C. 200 D. 205
( )2. The conversation probably happens in a (an) ________.21cnjy.com
A. office B. street
C. hospital D. restaurant
( )3. The man wouldn’t have the test for drunk driving because ________.
A. he is badly ill B. he will get out of air
C. he is dead drunk D. he will bleed to death
语篇解读：这是一个醉驾者和一个警官之间的对话。
1. C。细节理解题。由“200 metres further he’s stopped by a police officer.”一句可知答案。
2. B。推理判断题。由警官所说“walk five metres along this white line”可知对话发生在街上。
3. C。细节理解题。由司机自己所说“Because I’m dead drunk！”一句可知答案。
(二)
Animals grow up in different ways. They have lots of lessons to learn.
Some animals are born helpless but their mothers protect them. A newborn kangaroo is the size of a bee. She stays in her mother’s safe pouch. She doesn’t open her eyes for at least five months. A newborn monkey cannot walk. He is carried by his mother.
Other baby animals can walk soon after they’re born They learn to run with their mother when danger is near. A baby zebra(斑马)can run an hour after she is born.
Some baby animals are born in a place that is safe. Other baby animals are born in the open. Baby wolves are born in large holes. A baby elephant is born on open, grassy land. Other elephants make a circle(圈)to protect her.
Animals that drink their mothers’ milk are called mammals. A mother bear’s milk is fatty and rich. Baby bears need lots of fat to keep warm in winter. They have milk for six months. Baby zebras drink milk for six months or more! As baby animals grow they need solid(固体的)food. Baby lions eat what their mother can catch.
( )1. Which baby animals don’t open their eyes for at least five months
A. Lions. B. Zebras.
C. Kangaroos. D. Elephants.
( )2. What can’t a baby zebra do an hour after she is born 21·cn·jy·com
A. Drink milk.
B. Walk by herself.
C. Run with her mother.
D. Make a circle to protect herself.
( )3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？
A. Baby wolves are born in the open.
B. Newborn lions only eat solid food.
C. Newborn monkeys can walk but can’t jump.
D. Baby bears need lots of fat to keep warm in winter.
语篇解读：本篇短文主要讲述了不同的新出生的动物是如何得到照顾的，以及他们不同的生活方式。
1. C。细节理解题。原文“She doesn’t open her eyes for at least five months.”是谈论baby kangaroos。
2. D。细节理解题。由第四段最后一句可知。
3. D。细节理解题。由“Baby wolves are born in large holes.”可以判断A所述错误；B是错误的，由“Baby lions eat what their mother can catch.”可以判断B所述错误；由“A newborn monkey cannot walk. He is carried by his mother.”可以判断C所述错误；由“Baby bears need lots of fat to keep warm in winter.”可以判断D所述正确。
(三)
The crowd stopped their talks as the runners came to the starting line. At this moment, all eyes were on two people, Mark, the favourite for the gold medal, and Jim, a new face to all.
Mark had won a lot of competitions in 3000 meters and was thought to be the finest runner in the country. Until a few months before, Jim was almost unknown outside his hometown. But he had won one competition after another, which was a big surprise. Many people thought Jim would also do very well this time. It was going to be an exciting race.
Bang! The race started. For the first half, Jim ran with Mark in the leading group. At 1700 meters, Jim was about one meter behind Mark. Suddenly, the crowd stopped cheering. Mark fell and lay on the grass. He tried to get up, but he had been injured and was out of the race.
The crowd believed that Jim had tripped(绊倒) Mark and they began to shout at him. Jim looked back and slowed down. Then ________. But the race was over for Jim, too. He was far behind others now. Jim was very unhappy because of what had happened.
Later, after the judges(裁判) had studied the video of the race, they decided that Jim had done nothing wrong. Jim went to see Mark and said, “I’m sorry for...” “It’s not your fault. I got injured myself in the leg. Such a thing never happens to me. I’ve got to see the doctor.”
The two went on to become good friends and were often seen training together.
( )1. Why was the race going to be exciting
A. Because it was a 3000 meter race.
B. Because there were only two runners in the competition.21·世纪*教育网
C. Because both Mark and Jim were very good runners.
D. Because a large crowd of people came to watch the competition.
( )2. The crowd stopped cheering suddenly because ________.
A. it began to rain heavily
B. Mark fell and lay in the grass
C. Jim was about one meter behind Mark
D. Jim ran with Mark in the leading group
( )3. Which of the following can be put in the blank(空白处) in Paragraph 4
A. he went on with the race
B. the doctors came to help
C. the judges told him to stop
D. he didn’t know what had happened
语篇解读：本文主要讲述了一次比赛的意外结果让Jim 和Mark成为了好朋友，也让人们懂的了比赛的真正含义：友谊第一，比赛第二。
1. C。细节理解题。根据“Many people thought Jim would also do very well this time.”可知这两个选手实力相当，不分伯仲。
2. B。细节理解题。 由“Mark fell and lay on the grass. ”可知。
3. A。推理判断题。由“But the race was over for Jim, too. He was far behind others now.”可知，Jim 在慢下来之后，准备再跑时，已经落在别人后面很远了。
(四)
We talk every day. When we have good news, we like to share it with our good friends and when something terrible happens, we make it known to others soon. But can you imagine that a tree can talk and share news too Of course, no tree moves lips and says words just as people do. Strange as it may sound, though, some trees do manage to communicate with each other.
Willow(柳树) trees are the best known of these trees. When insects(昆虫) begin nibbling(叮咬) a willow tree, the tree sends out a special smell at once. This smell tells the other willows that harmful insects are coming near. All of them quickly make a chemical(化学物质) in their leaves. This chemical is bad to the insects. The insects do not like it and they fly away soon. In this way, the willow trees protect themselves from the insects.【版权所有：21教育】
The next time when you take a walk in the woods, maybe the trees are “talking” to each other quietly. And when someone says that trees cannot “talk”， please tell them that even trees give messages to each other, too.
( )1. Willow trees send messages with ________.
A. words B. movements
C. smells D. sounds
( )2. The underlined word “lips” in the first paragraph means ________.
A. 树干 B. 嘴唇
C. 枝条 D. 手势
( )3. The passage tells us that some of the trees can ________.
A. speak just as people do
B. tell stories to others
C. communicate with each other
D. kill insects in the woods
( )4. According to the passage, the right order of the following is ________.
a. The willow tree gives out a smell.
b. The willow trees make a chemical in their leaves.2-1-c-n-j-y
c. Insects fly away because of the chemical.
d. Insects begin nibbling a willow tree.
A. d－a－b－c B. d－b－a－c
C. a－b－c－d D. d－c－b－a
语篇解读：本文是一篇科普文章，主要告诉我们树木之间也可以进行交流，如柳树被昆虫叮咬时，能发出一种特殊的气味告诉周围的柳树。
1. C。细节理解题。从第二段的第二行 “...the tree sends out a special smell at once. This smell tells other willows that harmful insects are coming near” 可得出答案。
2. B。词义猜测题。树木不会像人一样动嘴唇说话。
3. C。整体理解题。通读全文可知，本文就是介绍了树木之间也可以交流。
4. A。综合理解题。第二段就是介绍柳树交流的过程，仔细阅读可得出答案。
(五)
In a surprising result, the No. 69 Middle School girls’ football team yesterday beat their school’s boys’ team. The boys’ team often helped the girls with their training (训练). They had never lost to the girls before, but this time the girls beat them 4 —3.21教育网
After the game, Wu Nai, head of the boys’ team, was very unhappy. “We all thought this would be an easy game，” he said. “We never thought a team of girls could beat us. This is the saddest day of my life. ”
But Mr Hu, the boys’ PE teacher, said he thought the girls should win. “The boys were too confident (自信)，” he said. “I told them before the match that they needed to play well. They all thought that girls’ football was a joke. Now they know better. They didn’t play carefully, and they lost.”
The match had started well for the boys. After 30 minutes, they were winning 2－0. Their best player, Lu Ming, scored in the thirtieth minute. Earlier, the mid field player, Ma Zhengquan, had scored the first goal in only the second minute of the match.
After the first half hour, the boys seemed to become too confident. At first, the girls had felt a bit nervous (紧张), but then they became more and more confident. Just before half time, Li Xiaolin made the score 2－1.
In the second half, the boys were the first to score. It was from Lu Ming. After that the boys became lazy, but the girls kept on working hard. Hao Meiling scored in the 68th minute, to make the score 3 —2. Then Li Xiaolin scored twice in the last six minutes to make the last score 4－3. It was a surprising finish.
The girls’ PE teacher, Miss Wang, was very pleased with their work. “They were great！” She said. “I told them they could win. I told them that the most important thing was teamwork. The boys’ team had some good players, but my girls were a better team！”
( )1. Who scored the first goal in the match
A. Lu Ming. B. Ma Zhengquan.
C. Li Xiaolin. D. Hao Meiling.
( )2. How many goals did Li Xiaolin score
A. One. B. Two.
C. Three. D. Four.
( )3. Why could the girls’ team beat the boys’ in the football match
A. Because the boys’ team helped the girls with their training.
B. Because the boys had never lost to the girls before.www.21-cn-jy.com
C. Because the boys’ team won the first half.
D. Because the girls played together better and worked harder.
( )4. Which of the following is right
A. The girls made only one goal in the first half.21*cnjy*com
B. The girls even made 3 more goals than the boys in the second half.
C. Many people thought the girls could beat the boys before the match.
D. The girls’ team had some better players than the boys’.
( )5. Choose the right order according to the passage.
a. The girls’ PE teacher told them that they could win.
b. Wu Nai, head of the boys’ team was very unhappy.
c. The match started well for the boys.
d. The girls kicked the second goal in the match.
A. a－b－c－d B. b－c－d－a
C. d－c－a－b D. a－c－d－b
语篇解读：第69中学的男子足球队总赢女子足球队。但这次比赛女子队则以4∶3赢了男子队。因为她们合作、坚强。
1. B。细节理解题。根据第四段的最后一句话“Earlier, the mid field player, Ma Zhengquan, had scored the first goal in only the second minute of the match ”可判断选B。
2. C。细节理解题。根据第五段的第三句话“Just before half time, Li Xiaolin made the score 2—1.”和第六段的第五句话“Then Li Xiaolin scored twice in the last six minutes to make the last score 4－3.” 可判断进了三个球，故选D。
3. D。细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“I told them that the most important thing was teamwork. The boys’ team had some good players, but my girls were a better team！”可以推断选项D。
4. A。概括归纳题。根据第五段的第三句话“Just before half time, Li Xiaolin made the score 2－1.”可判断选项A是正确的。由最后结果4—3可知在第二个半场女子队进了3个球，而不是“3 more”超过3个，因此B项不正确。根据第一段及第三段第一句中的“he thought the girls should win. ”可知C项是错误的。根据最后一段的最后一句话“The boys’ team had some good players, but my girls were a better team！”可知D项是错误的。
5. D。概括归纳题。根据整篇文章的大意可推断正确顺序为D项。
(六)
When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.
One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his shoes, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour later, I found that he had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn’t afford new shoes. We had to go back to find it, so I told my brother to wait right there. A man heard it and stopped me just before I walked off. He asked me, “You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe What would you do if he is not here when you return？” I did not know how to answer that question. He continued, “It’s_OK_if_you_can’t_find_the_shoe,_but_it_is_not_
OK_to_lose_your_brother.” Then he sent us to mum’s workplace by taxi.
My whole life I have depended on the kindness of many strangers, I feel regretful that I cannot find them and say thank you. I do not even remember what the man’s face looked like, but he taught me a lesson—people are more important than things. www-2-1-cnjy-com
( )1. Why did the younger brother cry for his mother 21教育名师原创作品
A. Because he was hungry.
B. Because he missed his mother.
C. Because he wanted to sleep.
D. Because he wanted to play outside.
( )2. What does the underlined word “regretful” in the last paragraph mean
A. Sorry. B. Happy.
C. Excited. D. Angry.
( )3. What did the man mean by saying “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK
to lose your brother.”？
A. People are more important than things.
B. Things are more important than people.
C. Both the shoe and your brother are important.
D. The shoe is more important than your brother.
( )4. According to the passage, which word can best describe the man
A. Rude. B. Funny.
C. Silly. D. Kind.
语篇解读：本文主要讲述了作者年幼的时候照看弟弟的故事。有次他带着弟弟去找妈妈，把弟弟的一只鞋丢了，准备放下弟弟去找鞋子的时候，一个陌生人帮助了他，告诉他人比鞋更重要。21世纪教育网版权所有
1. B。细节理解题。根据句子“He was so young and really needed mum.”可知因为弟弟想妈妈，所以，他哭着找妈妈。故选B。
2. A。词义猜测题。由regretful之后的句子“I cannot find them and say thank you.”“我不能找到他们，对他们表示谢意”可推出regretful和sorry同义，意为“遗憾的；抱歉的”。故选A。
3. A。推理判断题。男人的话的意思是“丢了鞋子可以，但是丢了弟弟就不行了。”言外之意就是人比东西更重要。故选A。
4. D。概括归纳题。rude意为“粗鲁的”，funny意为“有趣的”，silly意为“蠢笨的”，kind意为“友善的”。这个男子热心帮助作者，所以是善良的。故选D。
(七)
My class will put on a short play in English at the end of the year. Yesterday our English teacher gave us copies of the play. 【出处：21教育名师】
“Choose a character in the play whom you’d like to be, ”she told us. “This afternoon learn a few lines of this part for homework. Then tomorrow you can say those lines in front of the class. I’ll decide who play each part.”
I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play, so I choose the part of the king. He has a lot of lines to say. I learned them by heart.
This morning in our English lesson we had to say our lines. I acted the part of the king. When I said my lines, I put a lot of expression into my acting. I thought I acted really well.
Everyone in the class read a part and then the teacher who would play each part.
Many of the students in my class couldn’t act at all. They couldn’t even read without making lots of mistakes. I was sure that I would get a big part in the play.
However, the teacher gave me the part of a soldier. He has only one line. It is, “Yes, sir！”
I was very disappointed. At the end of the lesson I went up to her and asked her why I had such a small part.
“You put too much expression in your acting，” she said. “Good acting is not big acting. It is acting the audience can believe in.”
I think I know what she means.
( )1. What did the boy want to do in the play
A. To get a small acting part.
B. To organize the play.
C. To get a large acting part.
D. To work the lights.
( )2. How did the boy feel when the teacher told the class they would put on a play
A. Bored. B. Sad.
C. Excited. D. Unhappy.
( )3. Why didn’t the teacher give him the part of the kings
A. He did not act correctly.
B. He did not know the lines.
C. He was not handsome.
D. He was too short.
( )4. What does the underlined word “expression” in the passage mean
A. 表演 B. 建议
C. 模仿 D. 服饰
语篇解读：本文讲述了作者所在的班级准备表演一场戏，作者选择了一个大的角色，却没有被老师选中，原因是作者在表演中加入了过多的表情，最后老师让他饰演一名士兵。
1. C。由第三段第一句“I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play.”可知答案为C。
2. C。由第三、四段作者的表现可知，他感到很兴奋。
3. A。由倒数第二段可知，作者没被选中扮演国王的原因是他表演的不恰当。
4. A。由上文可知，作者在表演中加入了过多的表情。
(八)
Except for a few times, Americans are not big present givers. There’s no exchange of presents among business people, and if one American tries to give another a present, it may look like that he wants to bribe (贿赂) him. Americans have learned that in some other countries people like to give presents to others, but among ourselves we don’t see the need for presents.
Even friends may never exchange presents. When I go to foreign countries, I try to bring back little things for close friends, but nobody would feel unhappy if I didn’t. I don’t often remember a friend’s birthday, and few people outside of my family remember mine. If someone gave me presents too often, I’d get unpleasant. But a present from a foreigner—that kind from his or her homeland—won’t go wrong, except to government employees (政府职员) who can’t be given presents.2·1·c·n·j·y
You usually open a present at once and in front of the person who gives it except Christmas and birthday presents. You should only say, “It’s so nice. Thanks...” when you get Christmas or birthday presents.
You may want to bring a bottle of wine (葡萄酒) or flowers to a dinner party, but you’re never asked to. Nobody will mind if you bring wine, but your friend may not use it that evening.
At Christmas we often give presents to our family and sometimes our friends. We also give presents to people who have been helpful during the year—doormen, babysitters, housecleaners, newspaper senders—anyone who has often helped us.
( )1. What does ”close friends“ mean in the passage
A. The friends who are very kind.
B. The friends who live close to each other.
C. The friends who were once classmates.
D. The friends who you like most.
( )2. What kind of presents don’t Americans usually open in front of the givers
A. The small presents.
B. Christmas or birthday presents.
C. The expensive presents.
D. The presents for dinner party.
( )3. Why do Americans also give presents to housecleaners at Christmas
A. To pay them.
B. To help them.
C. To thank them.
D. To make them work harder.
( )4. Which of the following do you think is right 【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
A. American business people don’t want presents because they are rich enough.
B. The writer of this passage must be an American.
C. Everyone must give presents to one’s family and friends at Christmas.
D. Government employees can get little presents from a foreigner.
( )5. What is the main idea of the passage
A. Present giving in the United States.
B. Customs (习俗) in the United States.
C. American people and present giving.
D. When and how to give presents.
语篇解读：本文介绍了美国人送礼物的文化风俗。美国人不会经常互送礼物的，因为他们认为是在贿赂，尤其是政府官员。但他们在圣诞节会给某些人送礼物，来感谢他们。
1. D。细节理解题。根据第二段的第一句话“Even friends may never exchange presents.”可判断选D。21*cnjy*com
2. B。细节推理题。根据第三段的第一句话“You usually open a present at once and in front of the person who gives it except Christmas and birthday presents.”可知选B项。
3. C。细节推理题。根据短文最后一段内容的最后一句话“We also give presents to people who have been helpful during the year—doormen, babysitters, housecleaners, newspaper senders—anyone who has often helped us.”可知是为了感谢他们，故选C。
4. B。概括归纳题。根据第一段的第一句话可判断A是错误的。根据第一段第一句话和第二段可推断B项是正确的。根据最后一段可知在圣诞节不是给每个人礼物的，可知C项是不正确的。根据第一段和第二段最后一句话可推断D项是错误的。故选B。
5. A。概括归纳题。根据整篇文章大意的理解可得出答案A。
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When I was a kid in Minnesota, watermelon was expensive. One of my father’s friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who owned a large store in St. Paul.
Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived, Bernie would call. Dad and I would go to Bernie’s place. We’d sit on the edge of the dock(码头), feet dangling(摇晃), and got ready for a big meal.
Bernie would take his knife, cut our first watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down next to us. Then we’d bury our faces in watermelon, eating only the heart—the reddest, juiciest, firmest, sweetest, most seed free part—and throw away the rest.
Bernie was my father’s idea of a rich man. I always thought it was because he was such a successful businessman. Years later, I realized that it was not Bernie’s wealth itself but his way of dealing with it that my father liked. Bernie knew how to stop working, get together with friends and eat only the heart of the watermelon.
What I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon. If you don’t take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and enjoy life’s small pleasure, your work is probably hurting your life.
For many years, I forgot that lesson I’d learned as a kid on the loading dock. I was too busy making all the money I could.
Well, I’ve relearned it. I hope I have time left to enjoy the success of others and to take pleasure in the day. That’s the_heart_of_the_watermelon. I have learned again to throw the rest away.
( )1. We learned from the second paragraph that the writer and his father were feeling
________.
A. relaxed B. worried
C. hungry D. proud
( )2. How did the writer and his father eat the watermelon
A. They ate it in a polite way.
B. They only ate its best part.
C. They ate every part of it.
D. They shared only one piece.
( )3. In the eyes of the writer’s father, Bernie ________.
A. was just a rich businessman
B. worked hard all the time
C. lived a rich but healthy life
D. knew how to make money
( )4. The underlined part “the heart of the watermelon” in the last paragraph refers to
________.
A. the best part of the watermelon
B. the writer’s busy life
C. the writer’s decision of making money
D. the writer’s hope of enjoying life
( )5. It can be learned from the passage that ________.
A. one has to work hard to reach his goal
B. a friend in need is a friend in deed
C. watermelon is the healthiest fruit
D. one should keep work life balance
语篇解读：作者孩提时，父亲的朋友每年在西瓜初熟时邀请他们吃西瓜，吃西瓜时只吃最好的地方。通过这件事作者懂得了享受生活的真谛。在作者忙于挣钱时，他再一次想到了享受生活的真谛。
1. A。概括归纳题。根据第二段整体意思，可看得出来作者和他的父亲是很放松的心情，故选A。
2. B。细节理解题。根据第三段的第二句话中“eating only the heart—the reddest, juiciest, firmest, sweetest, most seed free part—and throw away the rest.”可判断选B。
3. C。细节理解题。根据第四段第一句和第三句，可判断选C。
4. D。概括归纳题。根据最后两段，可判断选D。
5. D。概括归纳题。根据整篇文章的意思，可判断选D。
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